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2000 presidential election in Texas

George W. Bush (Republican) beat Al Gore (Democrat) in Texas in 2000, 59.3% to 38.0%, a margin of 21.3 points and 1,365,893 votes.

Texas voted 21.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1996, when Bob Dole won.

Republicans led in 230 of the 254 counties and Democrats in 24. The largest, Harris, cast 974,822 votes and went to the Republican by 11.4 points. The closest was Kenedy, where 13 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 3,799,639 59.3%
Al Gore Democratic 2,433,746 38.0%
All other candidates 174,252 2.7%
Total6,407,637

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 418,267 42.9% 529,159 54.3% 27,396 974,822 R+11.4
Dallas 275,308 44.9% 322,345 52.6% 15,386 613,039 R+7.7
Tarrant 173,758 36.8% 286,921 60.7% 11,710 472,389 R+24.0
Bexar 185,158 44.9% 215,613 52.2% 11,955 412,726 R+7.4
Travis 125,526 41.7% 141,235 46.9% 34,502 301,263 R+5.2
Collin 42,884 24.4% 128,179 73.1% 4,357 175,420 R+48.6
Denton 40,144 27.3% 102,171 69.6% 4,475 146,790 R+42.3
El Paso 83,848 57.8% 57,574 39.7% 3,620 145,042 D+18.1
Fort Bend 47,569 38.5% 73,567 59.6% 2,373 123,509 R+21.0
Montgomery 23,286 21.9% 80,600 75.9% 2,327 106,213 R+54.0
Hidalgo 61,390 60.8% 38,301 37.9% 1,359 101,050 D+22.8
Nueces 45,349 46.6% 49,906 51.3% 2,071 97,326 R+4.7
Williamson 26,591 27.7% 65,041 67.8% 4,303 95,935 R+40.1
Galveston 40,020 43.0% 50,397 54.2% 2,566 92,983 R+11.2
Jefferson 45,409 52.2% 40,320 46.4% 1,180 86,909 D+5.9
Brazoria 24,883 31.1% 53,445 66.8% 1,691 80,019 R+35.7
Lubbock 18,469 24.3% 56,054 73.7% 1,485 76,008 R+49.4
McLennan 23,462 34.1% 43,955 63.9% 1,372 68,789 R+29.8
Bell 21,011 33.2% 41,208 65.1% 1,072 63,291 R+31.9
Cameron 33,214 53.5% 27,800 44.8% 1,043 62,057 D+8.7
Smith 16,470 27.2% 43,320 71.5% 834 60,624 R+44.3
Brazos 12,359 26.3% 32,864 70.0% 1,718 46,941 R+43.7
Taylor 10,504 24.4% 31,701 73.7% 815 43,020 R+49.3
Wichita 14,108 33.0% 27,802 65.1% 803 42,713 R+32.1
Randall 7,209 17.3% 33,921 81.2% 660 41,790 R+63.9
Grayson 13,647 34.2% 25,596 64.1% 697 39,940 R+29.9
Midland 7,534 19.0% 31,514 79.3% 692 39,740 R+60.3
Johnson 11,778 30.4% 26,202 67.7% 746 38,726 R+37.2
Gregg 11,244 29.3% 26,739 69.6% 450 38,433 R+40.3
Ellis 10,629 28.5% 26,091 69.9% 587 37,307 R+41.4
Tom Green 9,288 26.8% 24,733 71.4% 605 34,626 R+44.6
Hays 11,387 33.2% 20,170 58.8% 2,760 34,317 R+25.6
Parker 8,878 26.7% 23,651 71.2% 696 33,225 R+44.5
Ector 9,425 28.6% 22,893 69.6% 583 32,901 R+40.9
Comal 7,131 21.8% 24,599 75.1% 1,018 32,748 R+53.3
Webb 18,120 57.4% 13,076 41.4% 375 31,571 D+16.0
Guadalupe 8,311 27.2% 21,499 70.3% 757 30,567 R+43.1
Bowie 11,662 38.5% 18,325 60.4% 333 30,320 R+22.0
Orange 11,887 40.1% 17,325 58.4% 442 29,654 R+18.3
Victoria 8,176 29.8% 18,787 68.5% 445 27,408 R+38.7
Angelina 9,957 36.9% 16,648 61.7% 369 26,974 R+24.8
Henderson 8,704 34.0% 16,607 64.8% 316 25,627 R+30.8
Potter 7,242 28.5% 17,629 69.5% 505 25,376 R+40.9
Hunt 7,857 32.1% 16,177 66.1% 432 24,466 R+34.0
Kaufman 7,455 32.3% 15,290 66.3% 318 23,063 R+34.0
Harrison 8,878 38.7% 13,834 60.2% 258 22,970 R+21.6
Liberty 7,311 36.4% 12,458 62.1% 308 20,077 R+25.6
Nacogdoches 6,204 31.3% 13,145 66.4% 450 19,799 R+35.1
Kerr 4,002 20.8% 14,637 76.1% 589 19,228 R+55.3
Polk 6,877 36.2% 11,746 61.8% 371 18,994 R+25.6
San Patricio 7,840 41.9% 10,599 56.7% 260 18,699 R+14.8
Bastrop 6,973 38.1% 10,310 56.3% 1,025 18,308 R+18.2
Van Zandt 5,245 29.3% 12,383 69.2% 263 17,891 R+39.9
Hardin 5,595 31.4% 11,962 67.1% 279 17,836 R+35.7
Rockwall 3,642 20.6% 13,666 77.4% 344 17,652 R+56.8
Hood 4,704 26.9% 12,429 71.0% 372 17,505 R+44.1
Rusk 4,841 29.1% 11,611 69.8% 181 16,633 R+40.7
Wise 4,830 29.5% 11,234 68.6% 304 16,368 R+39.1
Lamar 5,553 36.0% 9,775 63.4% 102 15,430 R+27.4
Coryell 4,493 29.8% 10,321 68.4% 273 15,087 R+38.6
Anderson 5,041 33.4% 9,835 65.2% 204 15,080 R+31.8
Cherokee 4,755 32.7% 9,599 66.0% 183 14,537 R+33.3
Walker 4,943 34.4% 9,076 63.1% 355 14,374 R+28.8
Navarro 5,366 38.6% 8,358 60.2% 166 13,890 R+21.5
Wood 3,893 28.0% 9,810 70.7% 181 13,884 R+42.6
Cooke 3,153 23.4% 10,128 75.2% 188 13,469 R+51.8
Wharton 4,838 36.0% 8,455 63.0% 133 13,426 R+26.9
Burnet 3,557 26.9% 9,286 70.2% 389 13,232 R+43.3
Brown 3,138 24.3% 9,609 74.4% 173 12,920 R+50.1
Medina 4,025 31.3% 8,590 66.7% 258 12,873 R+35.5
Upshur 4,180 32.6% 8,448 66.0% 180 12,808 R+33.3
Matagorda 4,696 37.7% 7,584 60.9% 179 12,459 R+23.2
Jim Wells 7,418 61.7% 4,498 37.4% 107 12,023 D+24.3
Washington 2,996 25.4% 8,645 73.2% 168 11,809 R+47.8
Jasper 4,533 38.6% 7,071 60.2% 138 11,742 R+21.6
Wilson 3,997 34.2% 7,509 64.2% 192 11,698 R+30.0
Val Verde 5,056 44.1% 6,223 54.2% 195 11,474 R+10.2
Erath 2,804 25.2% 8,126 73.1% 185 11,115 R+47.9
Kendall 1,901 17.2% 8,788 79.4% 384 11,073 R+62.2
Cass 4,618 41.9% 6,295 57.1% 106 11,019 R+15.2
Hopkins 3,692 33.8% 7,076 64.9% 142 10,910 R+31.0
Waller 5,046 46.5% 5,686 52.4% 126 10,858 R+5.9
Atascosa 4,322 40.2% 6,231 58.0% 193 10,746 R+17.8
Hill 3,524 32.8% 7,054 65.7% 157 10,735 R+32.9
Fannin 4,102 39.7% 6,074 58.7% 164 10,340 R+19.1
Gillespie 1,511 15.2% 8,096 81.6% 313 9,920 R+66.4
Chambers 2,888 29.5% 6,769 69.0% 149 9,806 R+39.6
Howard 2,744 28.7% 6,668 69.8% 136 9,548 R+41.1
Caldwell 3,872 41.1% 5,216 55.3% 337 9,425 R+14.3
Fayette 2,542 27.1% 6,658 70.9% 187 9,387 R+43.8
Hutchinson 1,796 19.2% 7,443 79.6% 112 9,351 R+60.4
Maverick 5,995 65.0% 3,143 34.1% 91 9,229 D+30.9
Austin 2,407 26.1% 6,661 72.2% 159 9,227 R+46.1
Kleberg 4,481 48.7% 4,526 49.2% 187 9,194 R+0.5
Palo Pinto 3,263 35.8% 5,690 62.4% 165 9,118 R+26.6
Hale 2,158 23.7% 6,868 75.4% 84 9,110 R+51.7
Panola 3,011 33.2% 5,975 65.8% 88 9,074 R+32.7
Shelby 3,227 35.8% 5,692 63.2% 86 9,005 R+27.4
Llano 2,143 24.8% 6,295 73.0% 189 8,627 R+48.1
Starr 6,505 76.9% 1,911 22.6% 48 8,464 D+54.3
Uvalde 3,436 40.8% 4,855 57.7% 129 8,420 R+16.9
Bee 3,795 45.6% 4,429 53.2% 106 8,330 R+7.6
Milam 3,429 41.5% 4,706 56.9% 134 8,269 R+15.4
Aransas 2,637 32.0% 5,390 65.4% 220 8,247 R+33.4
Houston 2,833 34.4% 5,308 64.4% 95 8,236 R+30.1
Gray 1,376 16.8% 6,732 82.2% 77 8,185 R+65.4
Titus 3,008 37.1% 4,995 61.6% 100 8,103 R+24.5
San Jacinto 2,946 38.2% 4,623 59.9% 145 7,714 R+21.7
Lavaca 2,171 28.8% 5,288 70.1% 87 7,546 R+41.3
Montague 2,256 30.8% 4,951 67.5% 123 7,330 R+36.8
Bandera 1,426 19.6% 5,613 77.2% 234 7,273 R+57.6
Colorado 2,229 30.7% 4,913 67.8% 107 7,249 R+37.0
Tyler 2,775 39.0% 4,236 59.5% 105 7,116 R+20.5
Limestone 2,768 39.1% 4,212 59.5% 95 7,075 R+20.4
Young 1,843 26.5% 5,022 72.2% 89 6,954 R+45.7
Grimes 2,450 36.0% 4,197 61.7% 155 6,802 R+25.7
Bosque 1,930 28.5% 4,745 70.1% 95 6,770 R+41.6
Hockley 1,419 21.0% 5,250 77.8% 76 6,745 R+56.8
Freestone 2,316 34.9% 4,247 64.0% 78 6,641 R+29.1
Calhoun 2,766 42.1% 3,724 56.7% 73 6,563 R+14.6
Eastland 1,774 27.7% 4,531 70.6% 109 6,414 R+43.0
Robertson 3,283 51.5% 3,007 47.2% 79 6,369 D+4.3
Leon 1,893 29.9% 4,362 69.0% 71 6,326 R+39.0
Lampasas 1,569 25.2% 4,526 72.8% 119 6,214 R+47.6
Dewitt 1,570 25.4% 4,541 73.4% 72 6,183 R+48.1
Gonzales 1,877 30.9% 4,092 67.4% 100 6,069 R+36.5
Jones 1,899 31.4% 4,080 67.5% 69 6,048 R+36.1
Burleson 2,235 38.1% 3,542 60.4% 89 5,866 R+22.3
Falls 2,417 42.3% 3,239 56.7% 59 5,715 R+14.4
Lee 1,733 31.3% 3,699 66.8% 104 5,536 R+35.5
Scurry 1,193 22.4% 4,060 76.2% 73 5,326 R+53.8
Nolan 1,874 35.3% 3,337 62.8% 101 5,312 R+27.5
Trinity 2,142 40.4% 3,093 58.4% 62 5,297 R+18.0
Moore 1,040 19.7% 4,201 79.4% 49 5,290 R+59.8
Red River 2,219 42.7% 2,941 56.5% 42 5,202 R+13.9
Willacy 3,218 63.6% 1,789 35.3% 55 5,062 D+28.2
Duval 3,990 79.3% 1,010 20.1% 30 5,030 D+59.2
Comanche 1,636 32.6% 3,334 66.4% 52 5,022 R+33.8
Newton 2,503 50.2% 2,423 48.6% 64 4,990 D+1.6
Deaf Smith 1,240 24.9% 3,687 74.0% 57 4,984 R+49.1
Callahan 1,174 24.0% 3,656 74.7% 66 4,896 R+50.7
Morris 2,455 50.2% 2,381 48.7% 53 4,889 D+1.5
Jackson 1,446 29.8% 3,365 69.3% 45 4,856 R+39.5
Dawson 1,463 30.2% 3,337 69.0% 39 4,839 R+38.7
Clay 1,460 31.5% 3,112 67.1% 65 4,637 R+35.6
Lamb 1,114 24.2% 3,451 75.1% 33 4,598 R+50.8
Sabine 1,753 38.2% 2,764 60.2% 74 4,591 R+22.0
Wilbarger 1,356 29.6% 3,138 68.6% 83 4,577 R+38.9
Karnes 1,617 37.5% 2,638 61.2% 53 4,308 R+23.7
Pecos 1,539 35.8% 2,700 62.7% 64 4,303 R+27.0
Frio 2,317 56.1% 1,774 43.0% 37 4,128 D+13.2
Terry 1,108 27.3% 2,910 71.8% 36 4,054 R+44.4
Runnels 969 23.9% 3,020 74.6% 57 4,046 R+50.7
Andrews 876 21.8% 3,091 76.8% 57 4,024 R+55.0
Live Oak 1,114 27.8% 2,828 70.6% 62 4,004 R+42.8
Archer 993 24.8% 2,951 73.8% 53 3,997 R+49.0
Marion 1,852 47.1% 2,039 51.9% 39 3,930 R+4.8
Ward 1,256 32.4% 2,534 65.4% 84 3,874 R+33.0
San Augustine 1,636 43.0% 2,116 55.6% 53 3,805 R+12.6
Camp 1,625 42.9% 2,121 56.1% 38 3,784 R+13.1
Blanco 811 21.5% 2,777 73.7% 179 3,767 R+52.2
Dimmit 2,678 71.4% 1,032 27.5% 43 3,753 D+43.9
Madison 1,241 34.3% 2,333 64.4% 49 3,623 R+30.1
Brewster 1,349 37.7% 1,867 52.2% 364 3,580 R+14.5
Coleman 853 23.8% 2,687 75.1% 38 3,578 R+51.3
Franklin 1,018 29.3% 2,420 69.7% 34 3,472 R+40.4
Gaines 723 20.9% 2,691 77.8% 45 3,459 R+56.9
Goliad 1,233 36.4% 2,108 62.1% 51 3,392 R+25.8
Zavala 2,616 77.1% 751 22.1% 24 3,391 D+55.0
Hamilton 878 26.0% 2,447 72.5% 51 3,376 R+46.5
Rains 1,225 36.8% 2,049 61.5% 59 3,333 R+24.7
Stephens 811 24.6% 2,425 73.7% 55 3,291 R+49.0
Reeves 1,872 58.9% 1,273 40.1% 31 3,176 D+18.9
Jack 822 27.6% 2,107 70.8% 45 2,974 R+43.2
Ochiltree 251 8.5% 2,687 90.7% 24 2,962 R+82.2
Haskell 1,401 47.9% 1,488 50.8% 38 2,927 R+3.0
Refugio 1,172 40.1% 1,721 58.9% 28 2,921 R+18.8
McCulloch 794 27.2% 2,084 71.4% 42 2,920 R+44.2
Somervell 752 25.8% 2,120 72.7% 46 2,918 R+46.9
Parmer 447 16.3% 2,274 82.9% 23 2,744 R+66.6
Carson 480 17.5% 2,216 80.8% 46 2,742 R+63.3
Zapata 1,638 62.6% 953 36.4% 25 2,616 D+26.2
Mitchell 837 32.5% 1,708 66.4% 29 2,574 R+33.8
Swisher 856 34.2% 1,612 64.5% 33 2,501 R+30.2
Yoakum 531 21.5% 1,911 77.5% 23 2,465 R+56.0
Brooks 1,854 76.3% 556 22.9% 21 2,431 D+53.4
Floyd 580 24.0% 1,830 75.6% 10 2,420 R+51.7
Wheeler 579 24.2% 1,787 74.8% 23 2,389 R+50.6
Castro 727 30.9% 1,607 68.3% 20 2,354 R+37.4
San Saba 618 26.5% 1,691 72.5% 24 2,333 R+46.0
Mills 548 23.7% 1,738 75.1% 28 2,314 R+51.4
Jim Hogg 1,512 70.1% 623 28.9% 22 2,157 D+41.2
Childress 602 28.3% 1,506 70.8% 18 2,126 R+42.5
Bailey 488 23.3% 1,589 76.0% 13 2,090 R+52.7
Hansford 198 9.5% 1,874 89.8% 16 2,088 R+80.3
Lynn 562 27.0% 1,507 72.3% 15 2,084 R+45.3
Winkler 556 27.2% 1,468 71.9% 19 2,043 R+44.6
Hartley 359 17.7% 1,645 81.0% 27 2,031 R+63.3
La Salle 1,266 62.9% 731 36.3% 17 2,014 D+26.6
Crosby 705 35.2% 1,270 63.4% 27 2,002 R+28.2
Baylor 663 33.4% 1,285 64.8% 36 1,984 R+31.4
Martin 415 21.3% 1,520 78.0% 14 1,949 R+56.7
Delta 726 38.2% 1,143 60.2% 31 1,900 R+21.9
Fisher 884 47.2% 968 51.7% 20 1,872 R+4.5
Mason 417 23.2% 1,352 75.1% 32 1,801 R+51.9
Garza 454 25.6% 1,302 73.6% 14 1,770 R+47.9
Presidio 1,064 60.6% 618 35.2% 75 1,757 D+25.4
Dallam 341 19.6% 1,385 79.4% 18 1,744 R+59.9
Donley 360 20.9% 1,333 77.5% 26 1,719 R+56.6
Kimble 328 19.7% 1,313 78.8% 25 1,666 R+59.1
Crane 387 23.4% 1,246 75.3% 21 1,654 R+51.9
Knox 617 39.1% 947 60.1% 12 1,576 R+20.9
Hardeman 566 36.4% 976 62.7% 15 1,557 R+26.3
Sutton 468 30.4% 1,063 69.0% 9 1,540 R+38.6
Coke 355 23.4% 1,137 75.0% 23 1,515 R+51.6
Real 316 21.2% 1,146 76.9% 28 1,490 R+55.7
Hemphill 251 17.0% 1,203 81.6% 20 1,474 R+64.6
Hall 472 32.6% 966 66.8% 8 1,446 R+34.2
Kinney 486 33.7% 932 64.5% 26 1,444 R+30.9
Collingsworth 429 30.3% 974 68.8% 12 1,415 R+38.5
Crockett 467 33.4% 924 66.1% 7 1,398 R+32.7
Shackelford 264 19.6% 1,066 79.1% 17 1,347 R+59.5
Lipscomb 206 15.9% 1,072 82.8% 16 1,294 R+66.9
Upton 266 20.9% 982 77.1% 25 1,273 R+56.2
Reagan 282 22.5% 959 76.4% 14 1,255 R+53.9
Schleicher 338 28.8% 826 70.4% 9 1,173 R+41.6
Cochran 344 29.4% 807 68.9% 20 1,171 R+39.5
Sherman 144 12.4% 998 85.8% 21 1,163 R+73.4
Concho 268 24.3% 818 74.2% 17 1,103 R+49.9
Jeff Davis 283 26.7% 708 66.8% 69 1,060 R+40.1
Culberson 577 57.0% 413 40.8% 22 1,012 D+16.2
Menard 334 33.7% 642 64.8% 14 990 R+31.1
Armstrong 150 16.0% 772 82.3% 16 938 R+66.3
Edwards 261 27.9% 663 70.8% 13 937 R+42.9
Hudspeth 380 41.2% 514 55.7% 28 922 R+14.5
Dickens 284 32.2% 589 66.9% 8 881 R+34.6
Throckmorton 228 27.1% 608 72.2% 6 842 R+45.1
Stonewall 294 36.8% 496 62.1% 9 799 R+25.3
Irion 162 20.4% 624 78.7% 7 793 R+58.3
Oldham 108 14.0% 659 85.1% 7 774 R+71.2
Briscoe 224 29.0% 544 70.5% 4 772 R+41.5
Cottle 241 31.8% 502 66.3% 14 757 R+34.5
Sterling 132 20.0% 520 78.9% 7 659 R+58.9
Motley 118 18.4% 514 80.1% 10 642 R+61.7
Glasscock 39 6.8% 528 92.5% 4 571 R+85.6
Foard 263 47.3% 286 51.4% 7 556 R+4.1
Roberts 72 13.1% 472 86.0% 5 549 R+72.9
Kent 185 34.5% 346 64.6% 5 536 R+30.0
Terrell 219 45.9% 243 50.9% 15 477 R+5.0
McMullen 77 17.5% 358 81.5% 4 439 R+64.0
Borden 62 17.6% 283 80.2% 8 353 R+62.6
Kenedy 119 52.2% 106 46.5% 3 228 D+5.7
Loving 29 18.6% 124 79.5% 3 156 R+60.9
King 14 10.2% 120 87.6% 3 137 R+77.4

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

Texas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+5.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+15.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+11.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+22.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.3
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.9
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+27.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+33.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+26.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+6.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+41.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+54.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+62.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+76.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+3.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+53.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+59.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+63.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+51.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+49.6
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+32.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+37.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+37.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+41.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+40.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+40.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+40.1
1872 Third party (other)