2000 Presidential Election

202,609,000
Voting Age Population
52.1%
Turnout by VAP

Results of the presidential election of 2000, won by George W. Bush with 271 electoral votes.

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George W. Bush's Cabinet

President: George W. Bush (2001-2009)

Vice President: Dick Cheney (2001-2009)

Secretary of State: Colin Powell (2001-2005)

Secretary of the Treasury: Paul H. O'Neill (2001-2002), John W. Snow (2003-2006)

Secretary of Defense: Donald Rumsfeld (2001-2006)

Attorney General: John Ashcroft (2001-2005)

Secretary of the Interior: Gale Norton (2001-2006)

Secretary of Agriculture: Ann Veneman (2001-2005)

Secretary of Commerce: Donald Evans (2001-2005)

Secretary of Labor: Elaine Chao (2001-2009)

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Tommy Thompson (2001-2005)

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Mel Martu00ednez (2001-2004), Alphonso Jackson (2004-2008)

Secretary of Transportation: Norman Mineta (2001-2006)

Secretary of Energy: Spencer Abraham (2001-2005)

Secretary of Education: Rod Paige (2001-2005)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Anthony Principi (2001-2005)

Secretary of Homeland Security: Tom Ridge (2003-2005)

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: Christine Todd Whitman (2001-2003), Mike Leavitt (2003-2005)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Mitch Daniels (2001-2003), Joshua Bolten (2003-2006)

United States Trade Representative: Robert Zoellick (2001-2005)

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy: John Walters (2001-2009)

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2000 Candidate Electoral Votes

270 to win
50,992,335 popular votes (48.4%)
Running Mate: Joe Lieberman
50,455,156 popular votes (47.9%)
Running Mate: Dick Cheney

Green Party candidate Ralph Nader received 2,882,738 votes, but no Electoral Votes.
One of only 5 elections (1824187618882000, 2016) where the popular vote winner was defeated.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

9

Alaska

3

Arizona

8

Arkansas

6

California

54

Colorado

8

Connecticut

8

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

2

Florida

25

Georgia

13

Hawaii

4

Idaho

4

Illinois

22

Indiana

12

Iowa

7

Kansas

6

Kentucky

8

Louisiana

9

Maine

4

Maryland

10

Massachusetts

12

Michigan

18

Minnesota

10

Mississippi

7

Missouri

11

Montana

3

Nebraska

5

Nevada

4

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

15

New Mexico

5

New York

33

North Carolina

14

North Dakota

3

Ohio

21

Oklahoma

8

Oregon

7

Pennsylvania

23

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

8

South Dakota

3

Tennessee

11

Texas

32

Utah

5

Vermont

3

Virginia

13

Washington

11

West Virginia

5

Wisconsin

11

Wyoming

3