United States presidential election in Virginia, 2000

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United States presidential election in Virginia, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 1,437,490 1,217,290 Percentage 52.47% 44.44%

435px County Results   Gore—70-80%   Gore—60-70%   Gore—50-60%   Gore—<50%   Bush—<50%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%   Bush—70-80%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 7, 2000 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Virginia, a state that hadn't gone Democratic since 1964, was won by Governor George W. Bush with a margin of victory of 8%. It would not vote Democratic again until 2008.

Primaries

• Virginia Democratic primary, 2000
• Virginia Republican primary, 2000

Analysis

Despite the small margin of victory, Bush won most of the rural areas and the highly populated areas such as Fairfax County and Prince William County. Gore's strongest performance was within the greater Fairfax County area, Virginia's 8th congressional district and Virginia's 11th congressional district, both of which he won. He also managed to win Virginia's 3rd congressional district.

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 2000
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	George W. Bush	Dick Cheney	1,437,490	52.47%	13
	Democratic	Al Gore	Joe Lieberman	1,217,290	44.44%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	Winona LaDuke	59,398	2.17%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	Art Olivier	15,198	0.55%	0
	Reform	Pat Buchanan	Ezola Foster	5,455	0.20%	0
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	Curtis Frazier	1,809	0.07%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	-	2,807	0.10%	0
Totals				2,739,447	100.00%	13
Voter turnout				???		—

Results Breakdown

By county

County	Bush	Votes	Gore	Votes	Nader	Votes	Browne	Votes	Buchanan	Votes	Phillips	Votes
Accomack	53.27%	6,352	42.70%	5,092	1.84%	220	1.58%	188	0.47%	56	0.14%	17
Albemarle	49.64%	18,921	44.12%	16,255	5.54%	2,043	0.45%	167	0.11%	41	0.03%	11
Alleghany	54.81%	2,808	43.22%	2,214	1.21%	62	0.49%	25	0.18%	9	0.10%	5
Amelia	61.55%	2,947	36.63%	1,754	0.84%	40	0.50%	24	0.29%	14	0.17%	8
Amherst	56.86%	6,660	41.09%	4,812	1.15%	135	0.57%	67	0.25%	29	0.04%	5
Appomattox	61.65%	3,654	35.97%	2,132	1.05%	62	1.01%	60	0.22%	13	0.10%	6
Arlington	34.17%	28,555	60.15%	50,260	4.73%	3,952	0.55%	463	0.18%	152	0.04%	34
Augusta	70.21%	17,744	26.29%	6,643	2.09%	527	1.06%	269	0.21%	54	0.13%	32
Bath	59.32%	1,311	37.19%	822	1.58%	35	1.22%	27	0.45%	10	0.23%	5
Bedford	65.87%	17,224	31.21%	8,160	1.44%	376	1.02%	268	0.34%	88	0.13%	33
Bland	65.44%	1,759	31.66%	851	1.56%	42	0.74%	20	0.37%	10	0.22%	6
Botetourt	64.07%	8,867	33.43%	4,627	1.50%	207	0.64%	88	0.24%	33	0.13%	18
Brunswick	42.70%	2,561	56.48%	3,387	0.47%	28	0.22%	13	0.12%	7	0.02%	1
Buchanan	39.23%	3,867	58.29%	5,745	1.34%	132	0.66%	65	0.32%	32	0.15%	15
Buckingham	50.20%	2,738	46.96%	2,561	1.76%	96	0.72%	39	0.22%	12	0.15%	8
Campbell	64.75%	13,162	32.76%	6,659	1.16%	236	0.98%	199	0.27%	54	0.07%	14
Caroline	42.70%	3,873	53.27%	4,314	1.22%	102	0.46%	38	0.19%	16	0.08%	7
Carroll	64.92%	7,142	33.07%	3,638	1.15%	126	0.47%	52	0.31%	34	0.08%	9
Charles City	33.37%	1,023	64.61%	1,981	1.01%	31	0.62%	19	0.26%	8	0.13%	4
Charlotte	57.17%	2,855	40.39%	2,017	0.86%	43	0.92%	46	0.42%	21	0.22%	11
Chesterfield	63.02%	69,924	34.82%	38,638	1.48%	1,646	0.30%	335	0.12%	128	0.04%	41
Clarke	54.56%	2,883	40.99%	2,166	3.69%	195	0.36%	19	0.28%	15	0.08%	4
Craig	63.38%	1,580	34.14%	851	1.56%	39	0.56%	14	0.20%	5	0.16%	4
Culpeper	60.76%	7,440	35.64%	4,364	2.07%	253	1.12%	137	0.22%	27	0.17%	21
Cumberland	59.32%	1,974	37.19%	1,405	1.00%	35	2.14%	75	0.43%	15	0.09%	3
Dickenson	43.21%	3,122	54.68%	3,951	1.18%	85	0.51%	37	0.35%	25	0.08%	6
Dinwiddie	54.28%	4,959	43.79%	4,001	0.81%	74	0.63%	58	0.35%	32	0.13%	12
Essex	52.08%	1,995	45.68%	1,750	1.54%	59	0.50%	19	0.08%	3	0.13%	5
Fairfax	48.86%	202,181	47.49%	196,501	2.95%	12,201	0.37%	1,546	0.18%	745	0.04%	164
Fauquier	61.56%	14,456	35.33%	8,296	2.43%	570	0.26%	60	0.24%	56	0.03%	8
Floyd	59.64%	3,423	34.10%	1,957	1.16%	244	0.84%	48	0.40%	23	0.75%	43
Fluvanna	57.00%	4,962	39.41%	3,431	2.89%	252	0.44%	38	0.13%	11	0.10%	9
Franklin	59.62%	11,225	37.95%	7,145	1.61%	303	0.46%	87	0.29%	55	0.07%	14
Frederick	65.09%	14,574	31.97%	7,158	2.16%	483	0.36%	80	0.34%	76	0.08%	15
Giles	52.40%	3,574	44.05%	3,004	2.01%	137	1.03%	70	0.32%	22	0.19%	13
Gloucester	63.64%	8,718	33.24%	4,553	1.64%	225	1.08%	148	0.25%	34	0.15%	20
Goochland	61.65%	3,654	36.42%	3,197	1.58%	139	0.48%	42	0.17%	15	0.03%	3
Grayson	61.82%	4,236	36.00%	2,467	1.49%	102	0.22%	15	0.42%	29	0.03%	2
Greene	62.36%	3,375	32.78%	1,774	3.58%	194	0.92%	50	0.18%	10	0.09%	5
Greensville	40.07%	1,565	59.24%	2,314	0.33%	13	0.10%	4	0.18%	7	0.08%	3
Halifax	54.95%	7,732	42.37%	5,963	0.78%	110	1.50%	211	0.26%	37	0.14%	19
Hanover	68.81%	28,614	28.96%	12,044	1.71%	711	0.28%	117	0.18%	75	0.03%	12
Henrico	55.04%	62,887	42.58%	48,645	1.66%	1,893	0.32	367	0.14%	157	0.02%	27
Henry	55.30%	11,870	41.46%	8,898	1.09%	234	1.54%	331	0.48%	103	0.12%	26
Highland	65.55%	942	31.52%	453	2.23%	32	0.28%	4	0.42%	6	0.00%	0
Isle of Wight	58.59%	7,587	39.86%	5,162	0.95%	123	0.39%	51	0.08%	11	0.05%	6
James City	59.73%	14,628	37.11%	9,090	2.61%	639	0.38%	94	0.09%	22	0.01%	2
King and Queen	49.77%	1,423	48.51%	1,387	1.15%	33	0.38%	11	0.14%	4	0.03%	1
King George	61.35%	3,590	35.37%	2,070	2.26%	132	0.53%	31	0.29%	17	0.10%	6
King William	61.48%	3,547	36.83%	2,125	1.28%	74	0.16%	9	0.19%	11	0.03%	2
Lancaster	62.53%	3,411	35.51%	1,937	1.61%	88	0.26%	14	0.05%	3	0.02%	1
Lee	52.02%	4,551	46.08%	4,031	0.90%	79	0.39%	34	0.48%	42	0.13%	11
Loudoun	56.12%	42,453	40.89%	30,938	2.20%	1,665	0.36%	276	0.18%	133	0.05%	38
Louisa	54.09%	5,461	42.68%	4,309	2.22%	220	0.44%	44	0.45%	45	0.12%	12
Lunenburg	54.67%	2,510	44.13%	2,026	0.72%	33	0.35%	16	0.13%	6	0.00%	0
Madison	58.48%	2,940	36.68%	1,844	2.94%	148	1.33%	67	0.34%	17	0.18%	9
Mathews	64.02%	2,951	32.52%	1,499	1.91%	88	1.17%	54	0.24%	11	0.13%	6
Mecklenburg	56.63%	6,66	41.16%	4,797	0.89%	104	0.82%	96	0.37%	43	0.11%	13
Middlesex	60.65%	2,844	35.64%	1,671	1.79%	84	1.41%	66	0.36%	17	0.11%	5
Montgomery	51.51%	13,991	43.15%	11,720	4.50%	1,222	0.55%	149	0.20%	55	0.06%	16
Nelson	47.40%	2,913	47.31%	2,907	4.44%	273	0.44%	27	0.28%	17	0.03%	2
New Kent	64.34%	3,934	33.61%	2,055	1.32%	81	0.33%	20	0.18%	11	0.02%	1
Northampton	47.00%	2,299	47.83%	2,340	2.21%	108	2.47%	121	0.33%	16	0.16%	8
Amelia	59.98%	3,362	37.79%	2,118	1.73%	98	0.20%	11	0.21%	12	0.04%	2
Nottoway	52.26%	2,870	44.79%	2,460	0.84%	46	1.78%	98	0.25%	14	0.07%	4
Page	57.15%	5,089	39.36%	2,726	1.79%	143	0.19%	15	0.19%	15	0.05%	4
Patrick	66.36%	4,901	30.52%	2,254	1.37%	101	1.16%	86	0.45%	33	0.14%	10
Pittsylvania	66.36%	4,901	30.52%	2,254	1.37%	101	1.16%	86	0.45%	33	0.14%	10
Powhatan	70.23%	6,820	27.89%	2,708	1.26%	122	0.37%	36	0.13%	13	0.09%	9
Prince Edward	50.51%	3,214	45.92%	2,922	1.81%	115	1.48%	94	0.16%	10	0.13%	8
Prince George	60.36%	6,579	38.37%	4,182	0.89%	97	0.17%	19	0.08%	7	0.03%	3
Prince William	52.52%	52,788	44.52%	44,745	1.92%	1,927	0.69%	695	0.23%	229	0.09%	94
Pulaski	55.83%	7,089	41.39%	5,255	1.63%	207	0.68%	86	0.32%	40	0.13%	17
Rappahannock	52.66%	1,850	41.62%	1,462	4.58%	161	0.51%	18	0.31%	11	0.11%	4
Richmond	60.50%	1,784	36.49%	1,076	1.49%	44	0.81%	24	0.47%	14	0.24%	7
Roanoke	60.12%	25,740	37.70%	16,141	1.59%	681	0.39%	169	0.13%	57	0.05%	20
Rockbridge	57.77%	4,522	37.73%	2,953	3.17%	248	0.83%	65	0.32%	25	0.13%	10
Rockingham	72.86%	17,482	24.31%	5,834	2.25%	539	0.22%	53	0.19%	45	0.12%	29
Russell	46.93%	5,065	50.43%	5,442	0.95%	102	1.14%	123	0.36%	39'	0.19%	20
Scott	59.29%	5,535	38.05%	3,552	0.91%	85	1.22%	114	0.33%	31	0.19%	18
Shenandoah	66.68%	9,636	30.58%	4,420	2.03%	294	0.26%	37	0.33%	48	0.08%	11
Smyth	56.05%	6,580	41.19%	4,836	1.12%	131	0.99%	116	0.49%	58	0.16%	19
Southampton	49.05%	3,293	50.03%	3,359	0.66%	44	0.06%	4	0.13%	9	0.04%	3
Spotsylvania	59.22%	20,739	38.42%	13,455	1.67%	586	0.27%	94	0.23%	79	0.09%	32
Stafford	60.54%	20.731	36.78%	12,596	1.92%	657	0.35%	120	0.20%	69	0.09%	30
Surry	40.65%	1,313	57.12%	1,845	0.90%	29	0.93%	30	0.25%	8	0.15%	5
Sussex	44.67%	1,745	51.36%	2,006	1.05%	41	2.12%	83	0.51%	20	0.28%	11
Tazewell	52.96%	8,655	44.22%	7,227	0.99%	162	1.33%	217	0.32%	52	0.19%	31
Warren	56.73%	6,335	38.63%	4,323	2.33%	260	1.11%	124	0.88%	98	0.30%	34
Washington	59.66%	12,064	37.33%	7,549	1.42%	288	1.15%	232	0.28%	56	0.15%	31
Waynesboro	57.50%	4,084	38.54%	2,737	3.28%	233	0.31%	22	0.23%	16	0.07%	5
Westmoreland	48.66%	2,932	48.49%	2,922	1.46%	88	0.98%	59	0.28%	17	0.13%	8
Wise	48.87%	6,504	48.17%	6,412	1.20%	160	1.35%	180	0.29%	38	0.12%	16
Wythe	63.95%	6,539	33.86%	3,462	1.29%	132	0.16%	16	0.32%	33	0.06%	6
York	62.29%	15,312	35.07%	8,622	1.95%	480	0.46%	114	0.11%	27	0.05%	13

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