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2000 Presidential Race: Electoral and Popular Vote Summary   Become a Swing State Volunteer in your region.

2000 Presidential Race: Electoral and Popular Vote Summary A "first cut" at determining possible 2004 swing states: Highlighted states show where the national victor earned between 45% and 55% of popular votes in 2000. Population shifts, a changing economy, and opinions about the war and the Bush agenda will change the dynamics in 2004. Bush Gore Nader Electoral votes Popular vote % Popular vote % Popular vote % R D G Alabama 941,173 56% 692,611 42% 18,323  1% 9 - - Alaska 167,398 59 79,004 28 28,747 10 3 - - Arizona 781,652 51 685,341 45 45,645  3 8 - - Arkansas 472,940 51 422,768 46 13,421  1 6 - - California 4,567,429 42 5,861,203 53 418,707  4 - 54 - Colorado 883,748 51 738,227 42 91,434  5 8 - - Connecticut 561,094 38 816,015 56 64,452  4 - 8 - Delaware 137,288 42 180,068 55 8,307  3 - 3 - DC 18,073 9 171,923 85 10,576  5 - 21 - Florida 2,912,790 49 2,912,253 49 97,488  2 25 - - Georgia 1,419,720 55 1,116,230 43 13,4322  .5 13 - - Hawaii 137,845 37 205,286 56 21,623  6 - 4 - Idaho 336,937 67 138,637 28 12,2922  2 4 - - Illinois 2,019,421 43 2,589,026 55 103,759  2 - 22 - Indiana 1,245,836 57 901,980 41 18,5312  .8 12 - - Iowa 634,373 48 638,517 49 29,374  2 - 7 - Kansas 622,332 58 399,276 37 36,086  3 6 - - Kentucky 872,492 57 638,898 41 23,192  2 8 - - Louisiana 927,871 53 792,344 45 20,473  1 9 - - Maine 286,616 44 319,951 49 37,127  6 - 4 - Maryland 813,797 40 1,140,782 56 53,768  3 - 10 - Massachusetts 878,502 33 1,616,487 60 173,564  6 - 12 - Michigan 1,953,139 46 2,170,418 51 84,165  2 - 18 - Minnesota 1,109,659 46 1,168,266 48 126,696  5 - 10 - Mississippi 572,844 58 404,614 41 8,122  .8 7 - - Missouri 1,189,924 50 1,111,138 47 38,515  2 11 - - Montana 240,178 58 137,126 33 24,437  6 3 - - Nebraska 433,862 62 231,780 33 24,540  4 5 - - Nevada 301,575 50 279,978 46 15,008  2 4 - - New Hampshire 273,559 48 266,348 47 22,198  4 4 - - New Jersey 1,284,173 40 1,788,850 56 94,554  3 - 15 - New Mexico 286,417 48 286,783 48 21,251  4 - 5 - New York 2,403,374 35 4,107,697 60 244,030  4 - 33 - North Carolina 1,631,163 56 1,257,692 43 --- --- 14 - - North Dakota 174,852 61 95,284 33 9,486  3 3 - - Ohio 2,350,363 50 2,183,628 46 117,799  3 21 - - Oklahoma 744,337 60 474,276 38 --- --- 8 - - Oregon 713,577 47 720,342 47 77,357  5 - 7 - Pennsylvania 2,281,127 46 2,485,967 51 103,392  2 - 23 - Rhode Island 130,555 32 249,508 61 25,052  6 - 4 - South Carolina 785,937 57 565,561 41 20,200  1 8 - - South Dakota 190,700 60 118,804 38 --- --- 3 - - Tennessee 1,061,949 51 981,720 47 19,781  1 11 - - Texas 3,799,639 59 2,433,746 38 137,994  2 32 - - Utah 515,096 67 203,053 26 35,850  5 5 - - Vermont 119,775 41 149,022 51 20,374  7 - 3 - Virginia 1,437,490 52 1,217,290 44 59,398  2 13 - - Washington 1,108,864 45 1,247,652 50 103,002  4 - 11 - West Virginia 336,475 52 295,497 46 10,680  2 5 - - Wisconsin 1,237,279 48 1,242,987 48 94,070  4 - 11 - Wyoming 147,947 68 60,481 28 4,6252  2 3 - - Total 50,455,156 47.87% 50,992,335 48.38% 2,882,897 2.74% 271 266 -