2000 United States presidential election in Oregon
The 2000 United States presidential election in Oregon was held on Tuesday, November, 7, 2000 as part of the concurrent United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, to vote for the next president and vice president of the United States. The state of Oregon voted for Democrat Al Gore over Republican George W. Bush by a narrow margin of 0.4 percentage points, or 6,765 votes. Oregon has been considered a blue state in recent years, voting for the Democratic Party in every presidential election since 1988 . However, Gore's narrow win was relatively weak considering the state's typical partisan lean. As such, this marks the last election in which the margin of victory in Oregon was less than a percentage point, the last time that the Democratic Party failed to win a majority in the state, and the last time that the state would vote more Republican than the nation. Almost eighty percent of registered voters came out to vote on election day, the highest in the country. Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Washington County. As of  2020, this is the last time Oregon has voted to the right of Pennsylvania or Minnesota. Results. Official state results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows: Results by county. Official county results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows: Results by congressional district. Bush won three of Oregon’s five congressional districts.