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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.

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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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
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%
Total4,701,998

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
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

YearWinnerMargin
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