2000 United States presidential election in Ohio


The 2000 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 3.51% margin of victory. Prior to the election, most news organizations considered Ohio a swing state.

Results

Bush won a narrow 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, home of Cleveland. Gore also won the traditional working-class counties of Mahoning, Portage, and Trumbull counties. Gore only narrowly took Franklin County, home of Columbus, 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. Ohio kept its streak of voting for the winner in every election since 1960, but this was the first election since 1960 that Ohio didn't back the winner of the overall popular vote.
Official state results from the Ohio Secretary of State are as follows:

Results by county

By congressional district

Bush won eleven of nineteen congressional districts.
DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
47%50%Steve Chabot
66%32%Rob Portman
48%50%Tony P. Hall
62%35%Mike Oxley
57%40%Paul Gillmor
56%41%Ted Strickland
58%39%David Hobson
63%34%John Boehner
42%55%Marcy Kaptur
43%52%Dennis Kucinich
15%82%Stephanie Tubbs Jones
52%46%John Kasich
52%46%Pat Tiberi
50%46%Sherrod Brown
42%54%Thomas C. Sawyer
52%44%Deborah Pryce
54%42%Ralph Regula
38%58%James Traficant
51%45%Bob Ney
47%50%Steve LaTourette