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2000 presidential election in Tennessee

George W. Bush (Republican) beat Al Gore (Democrat) in Tennessee in 2000, 51.1% to 47.3%, a margin of 3.9 points and 80,229 votes.

Tennessee voted 4.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.5.

Tennessee changed party: in 1996 it went Democratic, for Bill Clinton.

Republicans led in 59 of the 95 counties and Democrats in 36. The largest, Shelby, cast 336,755 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.4 points. The closest was Crockett, where 29 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 1,061,949 51.1%
Al Gore Democratic 981,720 47.3%
All other candidates 32,512 1.6%
Total2,076,181

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 190,404 56.5% 141,756 42.1% 4,595 336,755 D+14.4
Davidson 120,508 57.8% 84,117 40.3% 3,963 208,588 D+17.4
Knox 60,969 40.5% 86,851 57.7% 2,766 150,586 R+17.2
Hamilton 51,708 43.0% 66,605 55.3% 2,066 120,379 R+12.4
Rutherford 27,360 44.0% 33,445 53.8% 1,377 62,182 R+9.8
Williamson 18,745 32.1% 38,901 66.6% 783 58,429 R+34.5
Sullivan 21,354 38.3% 33,482 60.1% 891 55,727 R+21.8
Sumner 22,118 43.8% 27,601 54.7% 758 50,477 R+10.9
Blount 14,688 36.1% 25,273 62.2% 701 40,662 R+26.0
Montgomery 18,818 48.2% 19,644 50.3% 582 39,044 R+2.1
Washington 14,769 38.9% 22,579 59.5% 594 37,942 R+20.6
Wilson 16,561 46.1% 18,844 52.5% 511 35,916 R+6.4
Madison 15,781 46.5% 17,862 52.6% 287 33,930 R+6.1
Bradley 8,768 29.8% 20,167 68.5% 508 29,443 R+38.7
Anderson 13,556 47.1% 14,688 51.0% 535 28,779 R+3.9
Sevier 8,208 32.4% 16,734 66.0% 423 25,365 R+33.6
Maury 11,127 47.6% 11,930 51.0% 343 23,400 R+3.4
Putnam 10,785 48.1% 11,248 50.1% 405 22,438 R+2.1
Roane 9,575 44.9% 11,345 53.2% 406 21,326 R+8.3
Greene 7,909 38.0% 12,540 60.2% 367 20,816 R+22.2
Robertson 10,249 50.8% 9,675 48.0% 240 20,164 D+2.8
Hamblen 7,564 38.4% 11,824 60.0% 311 19,699 R+21.6
Carter 6,724 35.2% 12,111 63.4% 267 19,102 R+28.2
Cumberland 7,644 40.2% 10,994 57.8% 379 19,017 R+17.6
Coffee 8,741 49.1% 8,788 49.4% 259 17,788 R+0.3
Gibson 8,663 50.6% 8,286 48.4% 188 17,137 D+2.2
Hawkins 6,753 39.5% 10,071 58.9% 274 17,098 R+19.4
McMinn 6,142 37.0% 10,155 61.2% 303 16,600 R+24.2
Tipton 6,300 38.1% 10,070 60.8% 182 16,552 R+22.8
Loudon 5,905 36.0% 10,266 62.6% 235 16,406 R+26.6
Dickson 8,332 53.6% 7,016 45.1% 208 15,556 D+8.5
Franklin 7,828 53.3% 6,560 44.7% 303 14,691 D+8.6
Lawrence 6,643 45.9% 7,613 52.6% 214 14,470 R+6.7
Jefferson 5,226 37.1% 8,657 61.5% 204 14,087 R+24.4
Warren 7,378 56.2% 5,552 42.3% 201 13,131 D+13.9
Monroe 5,327 41.0% 7,514 57.8% 162 13,003 R+16.8
Cheatham 6,062 48.1% 6,356 50.4% 198 12,616 R+2.3
Obion 6,056 48.7% 6,168 49.6% 216 12,440 R+0.9
Campbell 6,492 52.3% 5,784 46.6% 145 12,421 D+5.7
Henry 6,093 49.5% 5,944 48.3% 272 12,309 D+1.2
Bedford 6,136 50.3% 5,911 48.4% 160 12,207 D+1.8
Weakley 5,570 47.0% 6,106 51.6% 168 11,844 R+4.5
Dyer 5,425 45.8% 6,282 53.1% 134 11,841 R+7.2
Fayette 5,037 43.7% 6,402 55.5% 90 11,529 R+11.8
Carroll 5,239 48.4% 5,465 50.5% 123 10,827 R+2.1
Lincoln 5,060 47.5% 5,435 51.0% 164 10,659 R+3.5
Marion 5,441 53.1% 4,651 45.4% 158 10,250 D+7.7
Cocke 3,872 37.8% 6,185 60.4% 182 10,239 R+22.6
Giles 5,527 54.9% 4,377 43.5% 162 10,066 D+11.4
Rhea 3,722 38.1% 5,900 60.4% 150 9,772 R+22.3
Marshall 5,107 54.6% 4,105 43.9% 147 9,359 D+10.7
Claiborne 3,841 42.7% 5,023 55.8% 136 9,000 R+13.1
McNairy 4,003 44.5% 4,897 54.5% 89 8,989 R+9.9
Hardeman 4,953 56.3% 3,729 42.4% 121 8,803 D+13.9
Hardin 3,735 42.5% 4,951 56.4% 96 8,782 R+13.8
Henderson 3,166 37.7% 5,153 61.4% 80 8,399 R+23.7
White 4,135 53.2% 3,525 45.3% 115 7,775 D+7.8
Lauderdale 4,224 55.4% 3,329 43.7% 65 7,618 D+11.7
Overton 4,507 60.1% 2,875 38.4% 114 7,496 D+21.8
Smith 4,884 66.5% 2,384 32.4% 80 7,348 D+34.0
Hickman 4,239 58.4% 2,914 40.1% 111 7,264 D+18.2
Humphreys 4,205 62.9% 2,387 35.7% 89 6,681 D+27.2
Scott 2,967 44.9% 3,579 54.1% 69 6,615 R+9.3
Macon 3,059 47.1% 3,366 51.9% 66 6,491 R+4.7
Haywood 3,887 60.0% 2,554 39.4% 37 6,478 D+20.6
Unicoi 2,566 39.9% 3,780 58.8% 83 6,429 R+18.9
Benton 3,700 58.6% 2,484 39.4% 127 6,311 D+19.3
DeKalb 3,765 60.1% 2,411 38.5% 89 6,265 D+21.6
Grainger 2,361 38.1% 3,746 60.5% 87 6,194 R+22.4
Morgan 2,921 47.4% 3,144 51.0% 97 6,162 R+3.6
Fentress 2,529 41.9% 3,417 56.7% 83 6,029 R+14.7
Union 2,564 44.0% 3,199 55.0% 58 5,821 R+10.9
Chester 2,192 38.3% 3,487 60.9% 49 5,728 R+22.6
Johnson 1,813 32.0% 3,740 66.1% 104 5,657 R+34.1
Polk 2,574 46.0% 2,907 52.0% 113 5,594 R+6.0
Crockett 2,705 49.7% 2,676 49.2% 59 5,440 D+0.5
Wayne 1,859 35.0% 3,370 63.5% 77 5,306 R+28.5
Stewart 2,870 60.0% 1,826 38.2% 86 4,782 D+21.8
Jackson 3,304 69.5% 1,384 29.1% 66 4,754 D+40.4
Cannon 2,697 57.4% 1,924 41.0% 76 4,697 D+16.5
Grundy 2,970 64.6% 1,553 33.8% 73 4,596 D+30.8
Lewis 2,281 51.6% 2,037 46.1% 102 4,420 D+5.5
Decatur 2,278 52.1% 2,046 46.8% 46 4,370 D+5.3
Bledsoe 1,756 41.8% 2,380 56.7% 60 4,196 R+14.9
Sequatchie 1,648 42.4% 2,169 55.8% 70 3,887 R+13.4
Clay 1,931 56.1% 1,468 42.6% 43 3,442 D+13.5
Meigs 1,555 45.9% 1,797 53.0% 38 3,390 R+7.1
Houston 2,081 66.5% 993 31.8% 53 3,127 D+34.8
Trousdale 1,966 66.8% 950 32.3% 29 2,945 D+34.5
Perry 1,650 57.6% 1,165 40.6% 51 2,866 D+16.9
Moore 1,107 48.1% 1,145 49.8% 49 2,301 R+1.7
Pickett 939 41.9% 1,281 57.2% 19 2,239 R+15.3
Lake 1,419 63.8% 781 35.1% 24 2,224 D+28.7
Van Buren 1,255 58.9% 845 39.7% 31 2,131 D+19.2
Hancock 690 33.3% 1,343 64.7% 42 2,075 R+31.5

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9