United States presidential election, 2000, in Florida

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Florida's presidential election of 2000 was highly controversial (see the Florida election results section of the 2000 U.S. presidential election article for details). In the certified results, George W. Bush defeated Al Gore by 537 votes, or 0.01%, out of 6 million cast. This was not only the closest result on record for any U.S. state in any Presidential election seen before or since, but the Florida vote proved to be the decisive factor in the nationwide election.


Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
George W. Bush of Texas Richard Cheney of Wyoming Republican 25 2,912,790 48.85%
Al Gore of Tennessee Joe Lieberman of Connecticut Democrat 0 2,912,253 48.84%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut Winona LaDuke of California Green 0 97,421 1.63%
Others - - 0 40,193 0.67%
Florida presidential elections: 2000, 2004

County-by-County Results:

Miami-Dade: Gore 328,867 (53%); Bush 289,574 (46%); Nader 5,352 (1%).

Broward: Gore 387,760 (67%); Bush 177,939 (31%); Nader 7,101 (1%).

Palm Beach: Gore 269,754 (62%); Bush 152,964 (35%); Nader 5,564 (1%).

Pinellas: Gore 200,657 (50%); Bush 184,849 (46%); Nader 10,022 (3%).

Hillsborough: Bush 180,794 (50%); Gore 169,576 (47%); Nader 7,496 (2%).

Orange: Gore 140,236 (50%); Bush 134,531 (48%); Nader 3,879 (1%).

Duval: Bush 152,460 (58%); Gore 108,039 (41%); Nader 2,757 (1%).

Brevard: Bush 115,253 (53%); Gore 97,341 (45%); Nader 4,470 (2%).

Lee: Bush 106,151 (58%); Gore 73,571 (40%); Nader 3,588 (2%).

Volusia: Gore 97,313 (53%); Bush 82,368 (45%); Nader 2,903 (2%).

Polk: Bush 90,310 (54%); Gore 75,207 (45%); Nader 2,060 (1%).

Sarasota: Bush 83,117 (52%); Gore 72,869 (45%); Nader 4,069 (3%).

Pasco: Gore 69,576 (49%); Bush 68,607 (48%); Nader 3,393 (2%).

Seminole: Bush 75,790 (55%); Gore 59,227 (43%); Nader 1,940 (1%).

Escambia: Bush 73,171 (63%); Gore 40,990 (35%); Nader 1,727 (2%).

Manatee: Bush 58,023 (53%); Gore 49,226 (45%); Nader 2,491 (2%).

Leon: Gore 61,444 (60%); Bush 39,073 (38%); Nader 1,934 (2%).

Marion: Bush 55,146 (54%); Gore 44,674 (44%); Nader 1,809 (2%).

Collier: Bush 60,467 (66%); Gore 29,939 (33%); Nader 1,399 (2%).

Lake: Bush 50,010 (56%); Gore 36,571 (41%); Nader 1,460 (2%).

Alachua: Gore 47,380 (55%); Bush 34,135 (40%); Nader 3,226 (4%).

St. Lucie: Gore 41,560 (53%); Bush 34,705 (45%); Nader 1,368 (2%).

Okaloosa: Bush 52,186 (74%); Gore 16,989 (24%); Nader 985 (1%).

Charlotte: Bush 35,428 (53%); Gore 29,636 (44%); Nader 1,461 (2%).

Hernando: Gore 32,648 (50%); Bush 30,658 (47%); Nader 1,501 (2%).

Martin: Bush 33,972 (55%); Gore 26,621 (43%); Nader 1,118 (2%).

St. Johns: Bush 39,564 (65%); Gore 19,509 (32%); Nader 1,217 (2%).

Bay: Bush 38,682 (66%); Gore 18,873 (32%); Nader 828 (1%).

Clay: Bush 41,903 (73%); Gore 14,668 (26%); Nader 562 (1%).

Citrus: Bush 29,801 (52%); Gore 25,531 (45%); Nader 1,379 (2%).

Osceola: Gore 28,187 (51%); Bush 26,237 (47%); Nader 732 (1%).

Santa Rosa: Bush 36,339 (72%); Gore 12,818 (25%); Nader 724 (1%).

Indian River: Bush 28,639 (58%); Gore 19,769 (40%); Nader 950 (2%).

Highlands: Bush 20,207 (58%); Gore 14,169 (40%); Nader 545 (2%).

Monroe: Gore 16,487 (49%); Bush 16,063 (47%); Nader 1,090 (3%).

Flagler: Gore 13,897 (51%); Bush 12,618 (47%); Nader 435 (2%).

Putnam: Bush 13,457 (51%); Gore 12,107 (46%); Nader 377 (1%).

Nassau: Bush 16,408 (69%); Gore 6,955 (29%); Nader 255 (1%).

Sumter: Bush 12,127 (55%); Gore 9,637 (43%); Nader 306 (1%).

Columbia: Bush 10,968 (59%); Gore 7,049 (38%); Nader 258 (1%).

Walton: Bush 12,186 (67%); Gore 5,643 (31%); Nader 265 (1%).

Jackson: Bush 9,139 (56%); Gore 6,870 (42%); Nader 138 (1%).

Gadsden: Gore 9,736 (66%); Bush 4,770 (32%); Nader 139 (1%).

Levy: Bush 6,863 (54%); Gore 5,398 (42%); Nader 284 (2%).

Suwannee: Bush 8,009 (64%); Gore 4,075 (33%); Nader 180 (1%).

Okeechobee: Bush 5,057 (51%); Gore 4,589 (47%); Nader 131 (1%).

Bradford: Bush 5,416 (62%); Gore 3,075 (35%); Nader 84 (1%).

Wakulla: Bush 4,512 (53%); Gore 3,838 (45%); Nader 149 (2%).

Baker: Bush 5,611 (69%); Gore 2,392 (29%); Nader 53 (1%).

Hendry: Bush 4,747 (58%); Gore 3,240 (40%); Nader 104 (1%).

Washington: Bush 4,995 (62%); Gore 2,798 (35%); Nader 93 (1%).

De Soto: Bush 4,256 (55%); Gore 3,321 (43%); Nader 157 (2%).

Holmes: Bush 5,012 (68%); Gore 2,177 (29%); Nader 94 (1%).

Taylor: Bush 4,058 (60%); Gore 2,649 (39%); Nader 59 (1%).

Hardee: Bush 3,765 (60%); Gore 2,342 (38%); Nader 75 (1%).

Madison: Bush 3,038 (49%); Gore 3,015 (49%); Nader 54 (1%).

Gulf: Bush 3,553 (58%); Gore 2,398 (39%); Nader 86 (1%).

Jefferson: Gore 3,041 (54%); Bush 2,478 (44%); Nader 76 (1%).

Gilchrist: Bush 3,300 (61%); Gore 1,910 (35%); Nader 97 (2%).

Calhoun: Bush 2,873 (56%); Gore 2,156 (42%); Nader 39 (1%).

Dixie: Bush 2,697 (58%); Gore 1,827 (39%); Nader 75 (2%).

Franklin: Bush 2,454 (53%); Gore 2,047 (44%); Nader 85 (2%).

Hamilton: Bush 2,147 (54%); Gore 1,723 (43%); Nader 37 (1%).

Union: Bush 2,332 (61%); Gore 1,407 (37%); Buchanan 37 (1%).

Glades: Bush 1,841 (55%); Gore 1,442 (43%); Nader 56 (2%).

Lafayette: Bush 1,670 (67%); Gore 789 (32%); Nader 26 (1%).

Liberty: Bush 1,317 (55%); Gore 1,017 (42%); Buchanan 39 (2%).