United States presidential election in Florida, 2000 - wikipedia United States presidential election in Florida, 2000 Main article : United States presidential election, 2000 United States presidential election in Florida, 2000 ← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 → Turnout 70 % Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 25 0 Popular vote 2,912,790 2,912,253 Percentage 48.847 % 48.838 % County Results Gore -- 60 - 70 % Gore -- 50 - 60 % Gore -- 40 - 50 % Bush -- 40 - 50 % Bush -- 50 - 60 % Bush -- 60 - 70 % Bush -- 70 - 80 % President before election William Jefferson Clinton Democratic Elected President George Walker Bush Republican The 2000 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the nationwide presidential election. Florida, a swing state, had a major recount dispute that took center stage in the election. The outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election was not known for more than a month after balloting because of the extended process of counting and recounting Florida 's presidential ballots. State results tallied on election night gave 246 electoral votes to Republican nominee Texas Governor George W. Bush and 255 to Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore, with New Mexico ( 5 ), Oregon ( 7 ), and Florida ( 25 ) too close to call that evening. Gore won New Mexico and Oregon over the following few days, but the result in Florida would have been decisive however those two states had voted. After an intense recount process and the United States Supreme Court 's decision in Bush v. Gore, Bush won Florida 's electoral votes by a margin of only 537 votes out of almost six million cast and as a result became the president - elect. The process was extremely divisive, and led to calls for electoral reform in Florida. Contents 1 Campaign 2 Recount 3 Final certified results 4 Results breakdown 4.1 By county 4.2 By congressional district 5 Electors 6 Film 7 References 8 External links 9 Notes CAMPAIGN Elections in Florida Federal government Presidential elections 1848 1852 1856 1860 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Presidential primaries Democratic 2008 2012 2016 Republican 2008 2012 2016 U.S. Senate elections 1968 1970 1976 1980 1982 1986 1988 1992 1994 1998 2000 2006 2012 2016 2018 U.S. House elections 2000 2002 2006 5th 8th 9th 16th 2008 2012 2014 2016 Special elections 13th district, 2014 19th district, 2014 State government Gubernatorial elections 1964 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Attorney General elections 2002 2006 2014 2018 Chief Financial Officer elections 2006 2014 2018 Agriculture Commissioner of Florida 1994 2006 2014 2018 Ballot measures Florida Amendment 2 ( 2008 ) Florida Amendment 2 ( 2014 ) Florida Amendment 1 ( 2016 ) Florida Amendment 2 ( 2016 ) Other elections 2006 Jacksonville Mayoral elections 2003 2007 2011 2015 Miami Mayoral elections 2009 2013 2017 Miami - Dade County Mayoral elections 2011 2012 2016 Orlando Mayoral elections 2012 2015 St. Petersburg Mayoral elections 2013 2017 Tampa Mayoral elections 2011 2015 Government Initially Florida had been considered fertile territory for Republicans. It was governed by Jeb Bush, a staunch conservative and George W. Bush 's brother. Nonetheless Republicans focused significant advertising resources in the large state, and later polls indicated that the state result was very much in play as late as September 2000. Some late momentum for Gore and his Jewish running mate Joe Lieberman may also have come from the significant Jewish population in southern Florida. Voters from reliably Democratic states in the Northeast had also been migrating to Florida since the 1950s. The state 's electorate was becoming more diverse in general, with growing Asian and Hispanic immigrant populations. Meanwhile, there was heavy backlash in the Cuban - American population against Democrats during the Elian Gonzalez dispute, during which Janet Reno, President Bill Clinton 's Attorney General, ordered six - year - old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez to be returned to Cuba. The Democrats ' share of the Cuban - American vote dropped dramatically from 1996. In late October, one poll found that Gore was leading Bush and third parties by 44 -- 42 -- 4 among registered voters and 46 -- 42 -- 4 among likely voters, but that poll had a margin of error of four percentage points, making the race too close to call. Recount Main article : Florida election recount Final certified results The final official Florida count gave the victory to Bush by 537 votes, making it by percentage not only the tightest race of the campaign ( New Mexico was decided by 363 votes but has a much smaller population, with those 363 votes representing a 0.061 % margin whereas the 537 votes in Florida were just 0.009 % ), but the closest in any United States presidential election ever. Most of the reduction in the recount came from Miami - Dade county alone. Federal official vote for the state of Florida ( 25 electoral votes ) Presidential candidate and running mate Vote total % Party George Walker Bush -- Richard Bruce Cheney 2,912,790 48.847 % Republican Albert Arnold Gore Jr. -- Joseph Isadore Lieberman 2,912,253 48.838 % Democratic Ralph Nader -- Winona LaDuke 97,488 1.635 % Green Patrick J. Buchanan -- Ezola B. Foster 17,484 0.293 % Reform Harry Browne -- Art Olivier 16,415 0.275 % Libertarian John Hagelin -- Nat Goldhaber 2,281 0.038 % Natural Law Monica Moorehead -- Gloria La Riva 1,804 0.030 % Workers World Howard Phillips -- Curtis Frazier 1,371 0.023 % Constitution David McReynolds -- Mary Cal Hollis 622 0.010 % Socialist James Harris -- Margaret Trowe 562 0.009 % Socialist Workers Write - ins 36 0.000 % Total 5,963,110 Sources : Florida was the second of the 50 states ( after Louisiana ) to report its official results to the federal government ( in a Certificate of Ascertainment submitted to the National Archivist, the manner prescribed for presidential elections ). Results breakdown By county County Bush Votes Gore Votes Nader Votes Buchanan Votes Other Votes Alachua 39.8 % 34,135 55.2 % 47,380 3.8 % 3,228 0.3 % 263 0.9 % 751 Baker 68.8 % 5,611 29.3 % 2,392 0.6 % 53 0.9 % 73 0.3 % 26 Bay 65.7 % 38,682 32.1 % 18,873 1.4 % 830 0.4 % 248 0.4 % 243 Bradford 62.4 % 5,416 35.4 % 3,075 1.0 % 84 0.7 % 65 0.4 % 35 Brevard 52.8 % 115,253 44.6 % 97,341 2.0 % 4,471 0.3 % 571 0.4 % 852 Broward 30.9 % 177,939 67.4 % 387,760 1.2 % 7,105 0.1 % 795 0.3 % 1,640 Calhoun 55.5 % 2,873 41.7 % 2,156 0.8 % 39 1.7 % 90 0.3 % 17 Charlotte 53.0 % 35,428 44.3 % 29,646 2.2 % 1,462 0.3 % 182 0.3 % 182 Citrus 52.1 % 29,801 44.6 % 25,531 2.4 % 1,383 0.5 % 270 0.5 % 263 Clay 72.8 % 41,903 25.5 % 14,668 1.0 % 565 0.3 % 186 0.4 % 237 Collier 65.6 % 60,467 32.5 % 29,939 1.5 % 1,405 0.1 % 122 0.3 % 269 Columbia 59.2 % 10,968 38.1 % 7,049 1.4 % 258 0.5 % 89 0.8 % 150 Desoto 54.5 % 4,256 42.5 % 3,321 2.0 % 157 0.5 % 36 0.5 % 42 Dixie 57.8 % 2,697 39.1 % 1,827 1.6 % 75 0.6 % 29 0.8 % 39 Duval 57.5 % 152,460 40.7 % 108,039 1.0 % 2,762 0.2 % 653 0.5 % 1,267 Escambia 62.6 % 73,171 35.1 % 40,990 1.5 % 1,733 0.4 % 502 0.4 % 460 Flagler 46.5 % 12,618 51.3 % 13,897 1.6 % 435 0.3 % 83 0.3 % 83 Franklin 52.8 % 2,454 44.1 % 2,047 1.8 % 85 0.7 % 33 0.6 % 26 Gadsden 32.4 % 4,770 66.1 % 9,736 0.9 % 139 0.3 % 38 0.3 % 48 Gilchrist 61.2 % 3,300 35.4 % 1,910 1.8 % 97 0.5 % 29 1.1 % 59 Glades 54.7 % 1,841 42.9 % 1,442 1.7 % 56 0.3 % 9 0.5 % 17 Gulf 57.8 % 3,553 39.0 % 2,398 1.4 % 86 1.2 % 71 0.7 % 40 Hamilton 54.1 % 2,147 43.4 % 1,723 0.9 % 37 0.6 % 23 0.9 % 36 Hardee 60.4 % 3,765 37.6 % 2,342 1.2 % 75 0.5 % 30 0.4 % 24 Hendry 58.3 % 4,747 39.8 % 3,240 1.3 % 104 0.3 % 22 0.3 % 26 Hernando 47.0 % 30,658 50.0 % 32,648 2.3 % 1,501 0.4 % 243 0.3 % 186 Highlands 57.5 % 20,207 40.3 % 14,169 1.6 % 545 0.4 % 127 0.3 % 104 Hillsborough 50.2 % 180,794 47.1 % 169,576 2.1 % 7,496 0.2 % 847 0.5 % 1,641 Holmes 67.8 % 5,012 29.4 % 2,177 1.3 % 94 1.0 % 76 0.5 % 37 Indian River 57.7 % 28,639 39.8 % 19,769 1.9 % 950 0.2 % 105 0.3 % 164 Jackson 56.1 % 9,139 42.1 % 6,870 0.8 % 138 0.6 % 102 0.3 % 54 Jefferson 43.9 % 2,478 53.9 % 3,041 1.3 % 76 0.5 % 29 0.3 % 19 Lafayette 66.7 % 1,670 31.5 % 789 1.0 % 26 0.4 % 10 0.4 % 10 Lake 56.4 % 50,010 41.3 % 36,571 1.6 % 1,460 0.3 % 289 0.3 % 281 Lee 57.6 % 106,151 39.9 % 73,571 1.9 % 3,588 0.2 % 305 0.4 % 785 Leon 37.9 % 39,073 59.6 % 61,444 1.9 % 1,934 0.3 % 282 0.4 % 421 Levy 53.9 % 6,863 42.4 % 5,398 2.2 % 285 0.5 % 67 0.9 % 117 Liberty 54.6 % 1,317 42.2 % 1,017 0.8 % 19 1.6 % 39 0.7 % 18 Madison 49.3 % 3,038 48.9 % 3,015 0.9 % 54 0.5 % 29 0.4 % 27 Manatee 52.6 % 58,023 44.6 % 49,226 2.3 % 2,494 0.2 % 271 0.3 % 330 Marion 53.6 % 55,146 43.4 % 44,674 1.8 % 1,810 0.5 % 563 0.8 % 778 Martin 54.8 % 33,972 42.9 % 26,621 1.8 % 1,118 0.2 % 112 0.3 % 193 Miami - Dade 46.3 % 289,574 52.6 % 328,867 0.9 % 5,355 0.1 % 560 0.2 % 1,196 Monroe 47.4 % 16,063 48.6 % 16,487 3.2 % 1,090 0.1 % 47 0.6 % 208 Nassau 69.0 % 16,408 29.2 % 6,955 1.1 % 253 0.4 % 90 0.3 % 81 Okaloosa 73.7 % 52,186 24.0 % 16,989 1.4 % 988 0.4 % 268 0.5 % 388 Okeechobee 51.3 % 5,057 46.6 % 4,589 1.3 % 131 0.4 % 43 0.3 % 34 Orange 48.0 % 134,531 50.1 % 140,236 1.4 % 3,879 0.2 % 446 0.4 % 1,063 Osceola 47.1 % 26,237 50.6 % 28,187 1.3 % 733 0.3 % 145 0.7 % 388 Palm Beach 35.3 % 152,964 62.3 % 269,754 1.3 % 5,566 0.8 % 3,411 0.4 % 1,527 Pasco 48.1 % 68,607 48.7 % 69,576 2.4 % 3,394 0.4 % 570 0.4 % 622 Pinellas 46.4 % 184,849 50.3 % 200,657 2.5 % 10,023 0.3 % 1,013 0.5 % 1,984 Polk 53.6 % 90,310 44.6 % 75,207 1.2 % 2,059 0.3 % 533 0.3 % 520 Putnam 51.3 % 13,457 46.1 % 12,107 1.4 % 379 0.6 % 148 0.6 % 148 Santa Rosa 72.1 % 36,339 25.4 % 12,818 1.4 % 726 0.6 % 311 0.4 % 208 Sarasota 51.6 % 83,117 45.3 % 72,869 2.5 % 4,071 0.2 % 305 0.4 % 615 Seminole 55.0 % 75,790 43.0 % 59,227 1.4 % 1,949 0.1 % 195 0.5 % 644 St. Johns 65.1 % 39,564 32.1 % 19,509 2.0 % 1,217 0.4 % 229 0.4 % 252 St. Lucie 44.5 % 34,705 53.3 % 41,560 1.8 % 1,368 0.2 % 124 0.3 % 233 Sumter 54.5 % 12,127 43.3 % 9,637 1.4 % 306 0.5 % 114 0.3 % 77 Suwannee 64.3 % 8,009 32.7 % 4,076 1.4 % 180 0.9 % 108 0.7 % 88 Taylor 59.6 % 4,058 38.9 % 2,649 0.9 % 59 0.4 % 27 0.2 % 17 Union 61.0 % 2,332 36.8 % 1,407 0.9 % 33 1.0 % 37 0.4 % 17 Volusia 44.8 % 82,368 53.0 % 97,313 1.6 % 2,910 0.3 % 498 0.3 % 585 Wakulla 52.5 % 4,512 44.7 % 3,838 1.7 % 149 0.5 % 46 0.5 % 42 Walton 66.5 % 12,186 30.8 % 5,643 1.4 % 265 0.7 % 120 0.6 % 109 Washington 62.2 % 4,995 34.9 % 2,798 1.2 % 93 1.1 % 88 0.6 % 52 By congressional District Bush won fifteen of twenty - three congressional districts. District Bush Gore Representative 1st 69 % 31 % Joe Scarborough 2nd 53 % 47 % Allen Boyd 3rd 35 % 65 % Corrine Brown 4th 66 % 34 % Tillie K. Fowler Ander Crenshaw 5th 54 % 46 % Karen Thurman 6th 58 % 42 % Cliff Stearns 7th 54 % 46 % John Mica 8th 54 % 46 % Bill McCollum Ric Keller 9th 54 % 46 % Michael Bilirakis 10th 49 % 51 % Bill Young 11th 39 % 61 % Jim Davis 12th 55 % 45 % Charles Canady Adam Putnam 13th 56 % 44 % Dan Miller 14th 61 % 39 % Porter Goss 15th 57 % 43 % Dave Weldon 16th 53 % 47 % Mark Foley 17th 15 % 85 % Carrie Meek 18th 57 % 43 % Ileana Ros - Lehtinen 19th 27 % 73 % Robert Wexler 20th 31 % 69 % Peter Deutsch 21st 58 % 42 % Lincoln Diaz - Balart 22nd 48 % 52 % E. Clay Shaw Jr. 23rd 20 % 80 % Alcee Hastings Electors Main article : List of United States presidential electors, 2000 Technically the voters of Florida cast their ballots for electors : representatives to the Electoral College. In 2000 Florida was allocated 25 electors because it had 23 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write - in votes must submit a list of 25 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the most votes in the state is awarded all 25 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for President and Vice President. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000 to cast their votes for President and Vice President. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney : Alred S. Austin Deborah L. Brooks Armando Codina Maria De La Milera Sandra M. Faulkner Thomas C. Feeney III Feliciano M. Foyo Jeanne Barber Godwin Dawn Guzzetta Cynthia M. Handley Adam W. Herbert Al Hoffman Glenda E. Hood Carole Jean Jordan Charles W. Kane Mel Martinez John M. McKay Dorsey C. Miller Berta J. Moralejo H. Gary Morse Marsha Nippert Darryl K. Sharpton Tom Slade John Thrasher Robert L. Woody Film Fahrenheit 9 / 11 Recount is a made - for - TV political drama about the 2000 US Presidential election. The show was written by Danny Strong, directed by Jay Roach, and produced by Kevin Spacey ( who also stars in the film ). It premiered on HBO on May 25, 2008, and the DVD was released on August 19, 2008. Orwell Rolls in His Grave References Jump up ^ Marks, Peter ( September 20, 2000 ). `` THE 2000 CAMPAIGN : THE AD CAMPAIGN ; In Sign Florida Is Now in Play, Bush Increases Buying There ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 26, 2010. Jump up ^ http://www.mitchellbard.com/articles/didjewishvote.html Jump up ^ Rosenbaum, David E. ( October 26, 2000 ). `` THE 2000 CAMPAIGN : THE VOTERS ; Independents and the Elderly Lift Gore in Florida, Poll Says ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ 2000 official presidential general election results Archived August 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Elections, Division of. `` November 7, 2000 General Election ''. results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/ Jump up ^ http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/ARTICLES/pe2000timeline.php Jump up ^ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html Ceaser, James W. ; Busch, Andrew ( 2001 ). The Perfect Tie : The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0 - 7425 - 0836 - 6. Keating, Dan and Balz, Dan. ' Florida Recounts Would Have Favored Bush But Study Finds Gore Might Have Won Statewide Tally of All Uncounted Ballots. ' The Washington Post, published Nov. 12, 2001. See also Category : Books about the United States presidential election, 2000 External links Bush v. Gore Presidential Election Law The Butterfly Ballot Controversy, West Palm Beach, and its impact on the election Notes Jump up ^ The previous closest statewide presidential elections were two in Maryland, that in 1832 being decided by just four votes or 0.01044 percent and that of 1904 by just fifty - one votes or 0.02274 percent. Next closest were two elections in California, that of 1912 being decided by 0.02567 % or 174 votes, and that of 1892 -- which gave Grover Cleveland the Presidency -- by 0.0545234 % or 147 votes. State Results of the 2000 United States presidential election Candidates George W. 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Question: who won the popular vote in florida 2000
Answer: George W. Bush