Election 2000 Results
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2000 presidential election in Ohio
George W. Bush (Republican) beat Al Gore (Democrat) in Ohio in 2000, 50.0% to 46.4%, a margin of 3.5 points and 166,735 votes.
Ohio voted 4.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.5.
Ohio changed party: in 1996 it went Democratic, for Bill Clinton.
Republicans led in 72 of the 88 counties and Democrats in 16. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 574,782 votes and went to the Democrat by 29.2 points. The closest was Harrison, where 66 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush won | Republican | 2,350,363 | 50.0% |
| Al Gore | Democratic | 2,183,628 | 46.4% |
| All other candidates | 168,007 | 3.6% | |
| Total | 4,701,998 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyahoga | 359,913 62.6% | 192,099 33.4% | 22,770 | 574,782 | D+29.2 |
| Franklin | 202,018 48.8% | 197,862 47.8% | 14,194 | 414,074 | D+1.0 |
| Hamilton | 161,578 42.8% | 204,175 54.0% | 12,146 | 377,899 | R+11.3 |
| Montgomery | 114,597 49.6% | 109,792 47.5% | 6,598 | 230,987 | D+2.1 |
| Summit | 119,759 53.3% | 96,721 43.0% | 8,359 | 224,839 | D+10.2 |
| Lucas | 108,344 57.8% | 73,342 39.1% | 5,664 | 187,350 | D+18.7 |
| Stark | 75,308 47.1% | 78,153 48.9% | 6,383 | 159,844 | R+1.8 |
| Butler | 46,390 33.9% | 86,587 63.3% | 3,760 | 136,737 | R+29.4 |
| Mahoning | 69,212 60.6% | 40,460 35.5% | 4,447 | 114,119 | D+25.2 |
| Lorain | 59,809 53.3% | 47,957 42.8% | 4,414 | 112,180 | D+10.6 |
| Lake | 46,497 45.3% | 51,747 50.5% | 4,320 | 102,564 | R+5.1 |
| Trumbull | 57,643 59.9% | 34,654 36.0% | 3,942 | 96,239 | D+23.9 |
| Clermont | 20,927 29.9% | 47,129 67.4% | 1,821 | 69,877 | R+37.5 |
| Warren | 19,142 27.7% | 48,318 69.9% | 1,618 | 69,078 | R+42.2 |
| Medina | 26,635 39.8% | 37,349 55.8% | 2,899 | 66,883 | R+16.0 |
| Greene | 25,059 38.4% | 37,946 58.2% | 2,199 | 65,204 | R+19.8 |
| Portage | 31,446 50.0% | 28,271 44.9% | 3,182 | 62,899 | D+5.0 |
| Licking | 23,196 37.1% | 37,180 59.5% | 2,090 | 62,466 | R+22.4 |
| Clark | 27,984 48.6% | 27,660 48.1% | 1,915 | 57,559 | D+0.6 |
| Delaware | 17,134 30.9% | 36,639 66.1% | 1,630 | 55,403 | R+35.2 |
| Fairfield | 19,065 35.2% | 33,523 62.0% | 1,506 | 54,094 | R+26.7 |
| Richland | 20,572 39.0% | 30,138 57.1% | 2,069 | 52,779 | R+18.1 |
| Wood | 22,687 43.5% | 27,504 52.7% | 2,003 | 52,194 | R+9.2 |
| Columbiana | 20,657 46.5% | 21,804 49.1% | 1,966 | 44,427 | R+2.6 |
| Allen | 13,996 32.0% | 28,647 65.4% | 1,152 | 43,795 | R+33.5 |
| Miami | 15,584 36.4% | 26,037 60.8% | 1,220 | 42,841 | R+24.4 |
| Geauga | 15,327 36.0% | 25,417 59.7% | 1,856 | 42,600 | R+23.7 |
| Wayne | 14,779 34.8% | 25,901 61.0% | 1,756 | 42,436 | R+26.2 |
| Ashtabula | 19,831 50.2% | 17,940 45.4% | 1,701 | 39,472 | D+4.8 |
| Tuscarawas | 15,879 42.8% | 19,549 52.7% | 1,690 | 37,118 | R+9.9 |
| Erie | 17,732 50.6% | 16,105 46.0% | 1,178 | 35,015 | D+4.6 |
| Jefferson | 17,488 50.5% | 15,038 43.4% | 2,110 | 34,636 | D+7.1 |
| Muskingum | 13,415 41.1% | 17,995 55.2% | 1,214 | 32,624 | R+14.0 |
| Hancock | 8,798 28.7% | 20,985 68.5% | 834 | 30,617 | R+39.8 |
| Belmont | 15,980 53.0% | 12,625 41.9% | 1,536 | 30,141 | D+11.1 |
| Scioto | 13,997 46.7% | 15,022 50.2% | 926 | 29,945 | R+3.4 |
| Washington | 10,383 39.2% | 15,342 57.9% | 790 | 26,515 | R+18.7 |
| Ross | 11,662 44.8% | 13,706 52.7% | 648 | 26,016 | R+7.9 |
| Sandusky | 11,146 43.3% | 13,699 53.2% | 899 | 25,744 | R+9.9 |
| Athens | 13,158 51.7% | 9,703 38.1% | 2,586 | 25,447 | D+13.6 |
| Marion | 10,370 41.8% | 13,617 54.9% | 828 | 24,815 | R+13.1 |
| Lawrence | 11,307 46.2% | 12,531 51.2% | 614 | 24,452 | R+5.0 |
| Seneca | 9,512 39.1% | 13,863 56.9% | 976 | 24,351 | R+17.9 |
| Darke | 7,741 33.3% | 14,817 63.7% | 709 | 23,267 | R+30.4 |
| Huron | 8,183 38.3% | 12,286 57.5% | 891 | 21,360 | R+19.2 |
| Knox | 7,133 33.6% | 13,393 63.0% | 734 | 21,260 | R+29.4 |
| Ashland | 6,685 31.4% | 13,533 63.7% | 1,040 | 21,258 | R+32.2 |
| Ottawa | 9,485 47.5% | 9,917 49.7% | 566 | 19,968 | R+2.2 |
| Auglaize | 5,564 28.0% | 13,770 69.2% | 558 | 19,892 | R+41.3 |
| Shelby | 6,593 33.5% | 12,476 63.4% | 601 | 19,670 | R+29.9 |
| Crawford | 6,721 35.0% | 11,666 60.8% | 789 | 19,176 | R+25.8 |
| Fulton | 6,805 36.0% | 11,546 61.1% | 545 | 18,896 | R+25.1 |
| Logan | 5,945 32.2% | 11,849 64.2% | 661 | 18,455 | R+32.0 |
| Mercer | 5,212 28.5% | 12,485 68.2% | 597 | 18,294 | R+39.8 |
| Preble | 6,375 35.1% | 11,176 61.5% | 615 | 18,166 | R+26.4 |
| Pickaway | 6,598 37.2% | 10,717 60.4% | 425 | 17,740 | R+23.2 |
| Putnam | 4,063 23.4% | 12,837 74.0% | 444 | 17,344 | R+50.6 |
| Union | 5,040 29.6% | 11,502 67.6% | 482 | 17,024 | R+38.0 |
| Brown | 5,972 36.4% | 10,027 61.0% | 430 | 16,429 | R+24.7 |
| Defiance | 6,175 38.0% | 9,540 58.7% | 527 | 16,242 | R+20.7 |
| Williams | 5,454 34.3% | 9,941 62.4% | 524 | 15,919 | R+28.2 |
| Champaign | 5,955 38.0% | 9,220 58.8% | 505 | 15,680 | R+20.8 |
| Highland | 5,328 34.5% | 9,728 63.0% | 391 | 15,447 | R+28.5 |
| Guernsey | 6,643 43.1% | 8,181 53.0% | 606 | 15,430 | R+10.0 |
| Clinton | 4,791 31.8% | 9,824 65.2% | 455 | 15,070 | R+33.4 |
| Madison | 5,287 36.0% | 8,892 60.6% | 488 | 14,667 | R+24.6 |
| Coshocton | 5,594 39.2% | 8,243 57.8% | 431 | 14,268 | R+18.6 |
| Henry | 4,367 33.0% | 8,530 64.4% | 355 | 13,252 | R+31.4 |
| Van Wert | 4,209 31.8% | 8,679 65.7% | 331 | 13,219 | R+33.8 |
| Morrow | 4,529 35.3% | 7,842 61.1% | 468 | 12,839 | R+25.8 |
| Perry | 5,895 46.0% | 6,440 50.2% | 493 | 12,828 | R+4.2 |
| Gallia | 4,872 38.1% | 7,511 58.8% | 393 | 12,776 | R+20.7 |
| Jackson | 5,131 41.1% | 6,958 55.7% | 401 | 12,490 | R+14.6 |
| Carroll | 4,960 40.5% | 6,732 54.9% | 569 | 12,261 | R+14.5 |
| Hardin | 4,557 37.8% | 7,124 59.0% | 387 | 12,068 | R+21.3 |
| Hocking | 4,474 41.6% | 5,702 53.0% | 580 | 10,756 | R+11.4 |
| Pike | 4,923 46.6% | 5,333 50.5% | 304 | 10,560 | R+3.9 |
| Adams | 3,581 35.0% | 6,380 62.3% | 274 | 10,235 | R+27.3 |
| Wyandot | 3,397 34.6% | 6,113 62.2% | 317 | 9,827 | R+27.6 |
| Meigs | 3,674 37.5% | 5,750 58.7% | 371 | 9,795 | R+21.2 |
| Fayette | 3,363 36.2% | 5,685 61.3% | 230 | 9,278 | R+25.0 |
| Holmes | 2,066 22.6% | 6,754 73.9% | 325 | 9,145 | R+51.3 |
| Paulding | 3,384 37.8% | 5,210 58.2% | 352 | 8,946 | R+20.4 |
| Harrison | 3,351 46.8% | 3,417 47.7% | 393 | 7,161 | R+0.9 |
| Monroe | 3,605 50.7% | 3,145 44.2% | 365 | 7,115 | D+6.5 |
| Morgan | 2,261 37.7% | 3,451 57.6% | 281 | 5,993 | R+19.9 |
| Noble | 2,296 38.3% | 3,435 57.4% | 257 | 5,988 | R+19.0 |
| Vinton | 2,037 41.2% | 2,720 55.0% | 189 | 4,946 | R+13.8 |
Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Ohio in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+11.2 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+8.0 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+8.1 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+3.0 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+4.6 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+2.1 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+3.5 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+6.4 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+1.8 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+10.9 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+18.7 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+10.6 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+0.2 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+21.6 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+2.3 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+25.9 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+6.6 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+22.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+13.5 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+0.2 |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+0.4 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+4.4 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+20.6 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+2.8 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+30.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+34.6 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+19.9 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+7.7 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+14.1 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+6.2 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+25.4 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+6.6 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+5.0 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+0.1 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+2.5 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+4.1 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+4.7 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | R+1.1 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+7.1 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+8.0 |