The 2000 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the
2000 United States presidential election
The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican candidate George W. Bush, the governor of Texas and eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush ...
. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the
Electoral College, who voted for
president
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and
vice president
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.
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
was won by
Governor
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George W. Bush by a 3.51% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered Ohio a
swing state
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. Bush won a 3.51 point victory. Bush performed strongly in most parts of rural Ohio. Gore kept the race close by running up big margins in
Cuyahoga County
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, home of
Cleveland
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. Gore also won the traditional working-class counties of Mahoning, Portage, and Trumbull counties. Gore only narrowly took
Franklin County, home of
Columbus
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, which at the time was a swing county but is now seen as reliably Democratic, having given Democratic nominees a majority of the vote in every election since. , this was the last presidential election in Ohio where the Democrat won
Clark County, home of
Springfield.
[Sullivan, Robert David]
‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’
''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016 Ohio kept its streak of voting for the winner in every election since
1964, but this was the first election since 1960 that Ohio did not back the winner of the overall popular vote.
Ohio was one of 9 states that voted for Bill Clinton twice that George W. Bush managed to flip.
Bush became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying
Erie County and
Franklin County since
Benjamin Harrison
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in
1888
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.
Results
Official state results from the
Ohio Secretary of State are as follows:
Results by county
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
*
Carroll (Largest city:
Carrollton)
*
Columbiana (Largest city:
Salem)
*
Gallia (Largest city:
Gallipolis)
*
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(Largest city:
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)
*
Harrison
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(Largest city:
Cadiz)
*
Hocking (Largest city:
Logan
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*
Huron
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(Largest city:
Norwalk)
*
Jackson
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)
*
Lake
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(Largest city:
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*
Lawrence (Largest city:
Ironton)
*
Meigs (Largest city:
Middleport)
*
Noble (Largest city:
Caldwell
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*
Ottawa
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(Largest city:
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*
Perry (Largest city:
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*
Pike (Largest city:
Waverly)
*
Ross (Largest city:
Chillicothe)
*
Sandusky (Largest city:
Fremont)
*
Scioto (Largest city:
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*
Seneca (Largest city:
Tiffin)
*
Stark (Largest city:
Canton
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Tuscarawas (Largest city:
New Philadelphia)
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Vinton (Largest city:
McArthur)
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Wood
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(Largest city:
Bowling Green
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)
By congressional district
Bush won 11 of 19 congressional districts. Both candidates won two districts held by the other party.
See also
*
United States presidential elections in Ohio
Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Ohio, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1803, Ohio has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Ohio is considered a swing state, being won by either the ...
*
Presidency of George W. Bush
References
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Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
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