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2000 presidential election in Vermont

Al Gore (Democrat) beat George W. Bush (Republican) in Vermont in 2000, 50.6% to 40.7%, a margin of 9.9 points and 29,247 votes.

Vermont voted 9.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1996, when Bill Clinton won.

Democrats led in 10 of the 14 counties and Republicans in 4. The largest, Chittenden, cast 72,017 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.1 points. The closest was Orange, where 164 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
Al Gore won Democratic 149,022 50.6%
George W. Bush Republican 119,775 40.7%
Ralph Nader Green 20,374 6.9%
All other candidates 5,137 1.7%
Total294,308

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Chittenden 39,156 54.4% 26,105 36.2% 6,756 72,017 D+18.1
Washington 15,281 51.4% 11,448 38.5% 3,020 29,749 D+12.9
Rutland 13,990 47.6% 13,546 46.1% 1,826 29,362 D+1.5
Windsor 15,140 51.9% 11,713 40.2% 2,294 29,147 D+11.8
Windham 11,319 52.7% 7,358 34.2% 2,814 21,491 D+18.4
Franklin 9,514 49.6% 8,395 43.7% 1,285 19,194 D+5.8
Bennington 9,021 51.0% 7,284 41.2% 1,372 17,677 D+9.8
Addison 8,936 51.3% 6,953 39.9% 1,538 17,427 D+11.4
Orange 6,694 45.6% 6,858 46.7% 1,143 14,695 R+1.1
Caledonia 5,859 43.0% 6,746 49.5% 1,036 13,641 R+6.5
Orleans 5,472 45.1% 5,799 47.8% 861 12,132 R+2.7
Lamoille 5,676 50.5% 4,456 39.6% 1,114 11,246 D+10.8
Grand Isle 1,835 50.4% 1,550 42.6% 253 3,638 D+7.8
Essex 1,129 39.0% 1,564 54.1% 199 2,892 R+15.0

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

Vermont in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+31.5
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+35.4
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+26.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+35.6
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+37.0
2004 John Kerry (D) D+20.1
2000 Al Gore (D) D+9.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+22.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+15.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.1
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+11.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+32.6
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+44.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+43.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+24.6
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+14.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+9.9
1936 Alf Landon (R) R+13.2
1932 Herbert Hoover (R) R+16.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+34.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+52.6
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+27.2
1912 William Howard Taft (R) R+12.7
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+53.3
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+59.1
1900 William McKinley (R) R+52.9
1896 William McKinley (R) R+63.4
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+38.8
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+43.4
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+37.4
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+41.9
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+37.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+57.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+57.1