2000 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?
George W. Bush won the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election. George W. Bush received 50,456,002 popular votes (47.9%) and 271 electoral votes. The main challenger was Al Gore (48.4%).
See the full head-to-head between Bush and Gore
Gore +0.5 pts · led by 543,895 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.0% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.