The 2000 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Virginia had not gone Democratic in a presidential contest since 1964 and was won by Texas governor George W. Bush with a margin of victory of 8.03%.[2] Virginia was considered to be a reliably Republican state and it would not vote Democratic again until 2008.
As of the 2024 presidential election[update], this was the last time Russell County, Southampton County, and the independent City of Norton voted Democratic for president, and the last time Fairfax County, Prince Edward County, Albemarle County, and the independent cities of Fairfax, Danville, and Williamsburg have voted Republican for president.[3]
Primaries
editResults
edit| 2000 United States presidential election in Virginia[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | Dick Cheney | 1,437,490 | 52.47% | 13 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | Joe Lieberman | 1,217,290 | 44.44% | 0 | |
| Green | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 59,398 | 2.17% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Art Olivier | 15,198 | 0.55% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | Ezola Foster | 5,455 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | Curtis Frazier | 1,809 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | - | 2,807 | 0.10% | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,739,447 | 100.00% | 13 | |||
| Voter turnout | ??? | — | ||||
By county or independent city
edit| County/City | George W. Bush Republican |
Al Gore Democratic |
Ralph Nader Green |
Harry Browne Libertarian |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack | 6,352 | 53.27% | 5,092 | 42.70% | 220 | 1.84% | 188 | 1.58% | 73 | 0.61% | 1,260 | 10.57% | 11,925 |
| Albemarle | 18,291 | 49.64% | 16,255 | 44.12% | 2,043 | 5.54% | 167 | 0.45% | 90 | 0.24% | 2,036 | 5.52% | 36,846 |
| Alexandria | 19,043 | 34.50% | 33,633 | 60.93% | 2,094 | 3.79% | 223 | 0.40% | 206 | 0.37% | -14,590 | -26.43% | 55,199 |
| Alleghany | 2,808 | 54.81% | 2,214 | 43.22% | 62 | 1.21% | 25 | 0.49% | 14 | 0.27% | 594 | 11.59% | 5,123 |
| Amelia | 2,947 | 61.55% | 1,754 | 36.63% | 40 | 0.84% | 24 | 0.50% | 23 | 0.48% | 1,193 | 24.92% | 4,788 |
| Amherst | 6,660 | 56.86% | 4,812 | 41.09% | 135 | 1.15% | 67 | 0.57% | 38 | 0.32% | 1,848 | 15.77% | 11,712 |
| Appomattox | 3,654 | 61.65% | 2,132 | 35.97% | 62 | 1.05% | 60 | 1.01% | 19 | 0.32% | 1,522 | 25.68% | 5,927 |
| Arlington | 28,555 | 34.17% | 50,260 | 60.15% | 3,952 | 4.73% | 463 | 0.55% | 329 | 0.39% | -21,705 | -25.98% | 83,559 |
| Augusta | 17,744 | 70.21% | 6,643 | 26.29% | 527 | 2.09% | 269 | 1.06% | 88 | 0.35% | 11,101 | 43.92% | 25,271 |
| Bath | 1,311 | 59.32% | 822 | 37.19% | 35 | 1.58% | 27 | 1.22% | 15 | 0.68% | 489 | 22.13% | 2,210 |
| Bedford | 17,224 | 65.87% | 8,160 | 31.21% | 376 | 1.44% | 268 | 1.02% | 121 | 0.46% | 9,064 | 34.66% | 26,149 |
| Bedford City | 1,269 | 51.99% | 1,078 | 44.16% | 38 | 1.56% | 35 | 1.43% | 21 | 0.86% | 191 | 7.83% | 2,441 |
| Bland | 1,759 | 65.44% | 851 | 31.66% | 42 | 1.56% | 20 | 0.74% | 16 | 0.60% | 908 | 33.78% | 2,688 |
| Botetourt | 8,867 | 64.07% | 4,627 | 33.43% | 207 | 1.50% | 88 | 0.64% | 51 | 0.37% | 4,240 | 30.64% | 13,840 |
| Bristol | 3,495 | 55.66% | 2,646 | 42.14% | 89 | 1.42% | 20 | 0.32% | 29 | 0.46% | 849 | 13.52% | 6,279 |
| Brunswick | 2,561 | 42.70% | 3,387 | 56.48% | 28 | 0.47% | 13 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.13% | -826 | -13.78% | 5,997 |
| Buchanan | 3,867 | 39.23% | 5,745 | 58.29% | 65 | 0.66% | 132 | 1.34% | 47 | 0.48% | -1,878 | -19.06% | 9,856 |
| Buckingham | 2,738 | 50.20% | 2,561 | 46.96% | 96 | 1.76% | 39 | 0.72% | 20 | 0.37% | 177 | 3.24% | 5,454 |
| Buena Vista | 980 | 49.62% | 941 | 47.65% | 27 | 1.37% | 19 | 0.96% | 8 | 0.41% | 39 | 1.97% | 1,975 |
| Campbell | 13,162 | 64.75% | 6,659 | 32.76% | 236 | 1.16% | 199 | 0.98% | 71 | 0.35% | 6,503 | 31.99% | 20,327 |
| Caroline | 3,873 | 46.38% | 4,314 | 51.66% | 102 | 1.22% | 38 | 0.46% | 24 | 0.29% | -441 | -5.28% | 8,351 |
| Carroll | 7,142 | 64.92% | 3,638 | 33.07% | 126 | 1.15% | 52 | 0.47% | 43 | 0.39% | 3,504 | 31.85% | 11,001 |
| Charles City | 1,023 | 33.37% | 1,981 | 64.61% | 31 | 1.01% | 19 | 0.62% | 12 | 0.39% | -958 | -31.24% | 3,066 |
| Charlotte | 2,855 | 57.17% | 2,017 | 40.39% | 43 | 0.86% | 46 | 0.92% | 33 | 0.66% | 838 | 16.78% | 4,994 |
| Charlottesville | 4,034 | 30.51% | 7,762 | 58.70% | 1,196 | 9.04% | 111 | 0.84% | 121 | 0.92% | -3,728 | -28.19% | 13,224 |
| Chesapeake | 39,684 | 53.21% | 33,578 | 45.02% | 732 | 0.98% | 322 | 0.43% | 269 | 0.36% | 6,106 | 8.19% | 74,585 |
| Chesterfield | 69,924 | 63.02% | 38,638 | 34.82% | 1,646 | 1.48% | 335 | 0.30% | 408 | 0.37% | 31,286 | 28.20% | 110,951 |
| Clarke | 2,883 | 54.56% | 2,166 | 40.99% | 195 | 3.69% | 19 | 0.36% | 21 | 0.40% | 717 | 13.57% | 5,284 |
| Clifton Forge | 613 | 40.01% | 868 | 56.66% | 25 | 1.63% | 20 | 1.31% | 6 | 0.39% | -255 | -16.65% | 1,532 |
| Colonial Heights | 5,519 | 70.92% | 2,100 | 26.99% | 123 | 1.58% | 19 | 0.24% | 21 | 0.27% | 3,419 | 43.93% | 7,782 |
| Covington | 966 | 43.63% | 1,168 | 52.76% | 24 | 1.08% | 40 | 1.81% | 16 | 0.72% | -202 | -9.13% | 2,214 |
| Craig | 1,580 | 63.38% | 851 | 34.14% | 39 | 1.56% | 14 | 0.56% | 9 | 0.36% | 729 | 29.24% | 2,493 |
| Culpeper | 7,440 | 60.76% | 4,364 | 35.64% | 253 | 2.07% | 137 | 1.12% | 50 | 0.41% | 3,076 | 25.12% | 12,244 |
| Cumberland | 1,974 | 56.29% | 1,405 | 40.06% | 35 | 1.00% | 75 | 2.14% | 18 | 0.51% | 569 | 16.23% | 3,507 |
| Danville | 9,427 | 51.49% | 8,221 | 44.91% | 168 | 0.92% | 437 | 2.39% | 54 | 0.29% | 1,206 | 6.58% | 18,307 |
| Dickenson | 3,122 | 43.21% | 3,951 | 54.68% | 85 | 1.18% | 37 | 0.51% | 31 | 0.43% | -829 | -11.47% | 7,226 |
| Dinwiddie | 4,959 | 54.28% | 4,001 | 43.79% | 74 | 0.81% | 58 | 0.63% | 44 | 0.48% | 958 | 10.49% | 9,136 |
| Emporia | 938 | 45.10% | 1,116 | 53.65% | 17 | 0.82% | 4 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.24% | -178 | -8.55% | 2,080 |
| Essex | 1,995 | 52.08% | 1,750 | 45.68% | 59 | 1.54% | 19 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.21% | 245 | 6.40% | 3,831 |
| Fairfax | 202,181 | 48.86% | 196,501 | 47.49% | 12,201 | 2.95% | 1,546 | 0.37% | 1,346 | 0.33% | 5,680 | 1.37% | 413,775 |
| Fairfax City | 4,762 | 49.83% | 4,361 | 45.64% | 352 | 3.68% | 39 | 0.41% | 42 | 0.44% | 401 | 4.19% | 9,556 |
| Falls Church | 2,131 | 38.10% | 3,109 | 55.59% | 285 | 5.10% | 38 | 0.68% | 30 | 0.54% | -978 | -17.49% | 5,593 |
| Fauquier | 14,456 | 61.56% | 8,296 | 35.33% | 570 | 2.43% | 60 | 0.26% | 99 | 0.42% | 6,160 | 26.23% | 23,481 |
| Floyd | 3,423 | 59.64% | 1,957 | 34.10% | 244 | 4.25% | 48 | 0.84% | 67 | 1.17% | 1,466 | 25.54% | 5,739 |
| Fluvanna | 4,962 | 57.00% | 3,431 | 39.41% | 252 | 2.89% | 38 | 0.44% | 23 | 0.26% | 1,531 | 17.59% | 8,706 |
| Franklin | 11,225 | 59.62% | 7,145 | 37.95% | 303 | 1.61% | 87 | 0.46% | 69 | 0.37% | 4,080 | 21.67% | 18,829 |
| Franklin City | 1,393 | 43.65% | 1,763 | 55.25% | 25 | 0.78% | 8 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.06% | -370 | -11.60% | 3,191 |
| Frederick | 14,574 | 65.09% | 7,158 | 31.97% | 483 | 2.16% | 80 | 0.36% | 97 | 0.43% | 7,416 | 33.12% | 22,392 |
| Fredericksburg | 2,935 | 43.93% | 3,360 | 50.29% | 326 | 4.88% | 36 | 0.54% | 24 | 0.36% | -425 | -6.36% | 6,681 |
| Galax | 1,160 | 52.42% | 996 | 45.01% | 42 | 1.90% | 5 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.45% | 164 | 7.41% | 2,213 |
| Giles | 3,574 | 52.40% | 3,004 | 44.05% | 137 | 2.01% | 70 | 1.03% | 35 | 0.51% | 570 | 8.35% | 6,820 |
| Gloucester | 8,718 | 63.64% | 4,553 | 33.24% | 225 | 1.64% | 148 | 1.08% | 55 | 0.40% | 4,165 | 30.40% | 13,699 |
| Goochland | 5,378 | 61.27% | 3,197 | 36.42% | 139 | 1.58% | 42 | 0.48% | 21 | 0.24% | 2,181 | 24.85% | 8,777 |
| Grayson | 4,236 | 61.82% | 2,467 | 36.00% | 102 | 1.49% | 15 | 0.22% | 32 | 0.47% | 1,769 | 25.82% | 6,852 |
| Greene | 3,375 | 62.36% | 1,774 | 32.78% | 194 | 3.58% | 50 | 0.92% | 19 | 0.35% | 1,601 | 29.58% | 5,412 |
| Greensville | 1,565 | 40.07% | 2,314 | 59.24% | 13 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.26% | -749 | -19.17% | 3,906 |
| Halifax | 7,732 | 54.95% | 5,963 | 42.37% | 110 | 0.78% | 211 | 1.50% | 56 | 0.40% | 1,769 | 12.58% | 14,072 |
| Hampton | 19,561 | 40.85% | 27,490 | 57.41% | 563 | 1.18% | 154 | 0.32% | 119 | 0.25% | -7,929 | -16.56% | 47,887 |
| Hanover | 28,614 | 68.81% | 12,044 | 28.96% | 711 | 1.71% | 117 | 0.28% | 99 | 0.24% | 16,570 | 39.85% | 41,585 |
| Harrisonburg | 5,741 | 57.65% | 3,482 | 34.97% | 641 | 6.44% | 45 | 0.45% | 49 | 0.49% | 2,259 | 22.68% | 9,958 |
| Henrico | 62,887 | 55.04% | 48,645 | 42.58% | 1,893 | 1.66% | 367 | 0.32% | 460 | 0.40% | 14,242 | 12.46% | 114,252 |
| Henry | 11,870 | 55.30% | 8,898 | 41.46% | 234 | 1.09% | 331 | 1.54% | 130 | 0.61% | 2,972 | 13.84% | 21,463 |
| Highland | 942 | 65.55% | 453 | 31.52% | 32 | 2.23% | 4 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.42% | 489 | 34.03% | 1,437 |
| Hopewell | 3,749 | 53.73% | 3,024 | 43.34% | 73 | 1.05% | 92 | 1.32% | 40 | 0.57% | 725 | 10.39% | 6,978 |
| Isle of Wight | 7,587 | 58.59% | 5,162 | 39.86% | 123 | 0.95% | 51 | 0.39% | 27 | 0.21% | 2,425 | 18.73% | 12,950 |
| James City | 14,628 | 59.73% | 9,090 | 37.11% | 639 | 2.61% | 94 | 0.38% | 41 | 0.17% | 5,538 | 22.62% | 24,492 |
| King and Queen | 1,423 | 49.77% | 1,387 | 48.51% | 33 | 1.15% | 11 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.17% | 36 | 1.26% | 2,859 |
| King George | 3,590 | 61.35% | 2,070 | 35.37% | 132 | 2.26% | 31 | 0.53% | 29 | 0.50% | 1,520 | 25.98% | 5,852 |
| King William | 3,547 | 61.48% | 2,125 | 36.83% | 74 | 1.28% | 9 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.24% | 1,422 | 24.65% | 5,769 |
| Lancaster | 3,411 | 62.53% | 1,937 | 35.51% | 88 | 1.61% | 14 | 0.26% | 5 | 0.09% | 1,474 | 27.02% | 5,455 |
| Lee | 4,551 | 52.02% | 4,031 | 46.08% | 79 | 0.90% | 34 | 0.39% | 53 | 0.61% | 520 | 5.94% | 8,748 |
| Lexington | 957 | 44.72% | 1,048 | 48.97% | 103 | 4.81% | 26 | 1.21% | 6 | 0.28% | -91 | -4.25% | 2,140 |
| Loudoun | 42,453 | 56.12% | 30,938 | 40.89% | 1,665 | 2.20% | 276 | 0.36% | 321 | 0.42% | 11,515 | 15.23% | 75,653 |
| Louisa | 5,461 | 54.09% | 4,309 | 42.68% | 222 | 2.20% | 44 | 0.44% | 60 | 0.59% | 1,152 | 11.41% | 10,096 |
| Lunenburg | 2,510 | 54.67% | 2,026 | 44.13% | 33 | 0.72% | 16 | 0.35% | 6 | 0.13% | 484 | 10.54% | 4,591 |
| Lynchburg | 12,518 | 53.25% | 10,374 | 44.13% | 441 | 1.88% | 105 | 0.45% | 68 | 0.29% | 2,144 | 9.12% | 23,506 |
| Madison | 2,940 | 58.48% | 1,844 | 36.68% | 148 | 2.94% | 67 | 1.33% | 28 | 0.56% | 1,096 | 21.80% | 5,027 |
| Manassas | 6,752 | 54.41% | 5,262 | 42.40% | 230 | 1.85% | 93 | 0.75% | 73 | 0.59% | 1,490 | 12.01% | 12,410 |
| Manassas Park | 1,460 | 56.59% | 1,048 | 40.62% | 51 | 1.98% | 9 | 0.35% | 12 | 0.47% | 412 | 15.97% | 2,580 |
| Martinsville | 2,560 | 44.96% | 3,048 | 53.53% | 59 | 1.04% | 12 | 0.21% | 15 | 0.26% | -488 | -8.57% | 5,694 |
| Mathews | 2,951 | 64.03% | 1,499 | 32.52% | 88 | 1.91% | 54 | 1.17% | 17 | 0.37% | 1,452 | 31.51% | 4,609 |
| Mecklenburg | 6,600 | 56.63% | 4,797 | 41.16% | 104 | 0.89% | 96 | 0.82% | 57 | 0.49% | 1,803 | 15.47% | 11,654 |
| Middlesex | 2,844 | 60.65% | 1,671 | 35.64% | 84 | 1.79% | 66 | 1.41% | 24 | 0.51% | 1,173 | 25.01% | 4,689 |
| Montgomery | 13,991 | 51.51% | 11,720 | 43.15% | 1,222 | 4.50% | 149 | 0.55% | 78 | 0.29% | 2,271 | 8.36% | 27,160 |
| Nelson | 2,913 | 47.40% | 2,907 | 47.31% | 273 | 4.44% | 27 | 0.44% | 25 | 0.41% | 6 | 0.09% | 6,145 |
| New Kent | 3,934 | 64.34% | 2,055 | 33.61% | 81 | 1.32% | 20 | 0.33% | 24 | 0.39% | 1,879 | 30.73% | 6,114 |
| Newport News | 27,006 | 46.70% | 29,779 | 51.50% | 722 | 1.25% | 212 | 0.37% | 106 | 0.18% | -2,773 | -4.80% | 57,825 |
| Norfolk | 21,920 | 35.39% | 38,221 | 61.70% | 1,153 | 1.86% | 364 | 0.59% | 288 | 0.46% | -16,301 | -26.31% | 61,946 |
| Northampton | 2,299 | 47.00% | 2,340 | 47.83% | 108 | 2.21% | 121 | 2.47% | 24 | 0.49% | -41 | -0.83% | 4,892 |
| Northumberland | 3,362 | 59.98% | 2,118 | 37.79% | 97 | 1.73% | 11 | 0.20% | 17 | 0.30% | 1,244 | 22.19% | 5,605 |
| Norton | 639 | 41.76% | 867 | 56.67% | 20 | 1.31% | 2 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.13% | -228 | -14.91% | 1,530 |
| Nottoway | 2,870 | 52.26% | 2,460 | 44.79% | 46 | 0.84% | 98 | 1.78% | 18 | 0.33% | 410 | 7.47% | 5,492 |
| Orange | 5,991 | 57.15% | 4,126 | 39.36% | 236 | 2.25% | 91 | 0.87% | 39 | 0.37% | 1,865 | 17.79% | 10,483 |
| Page | 5,089 | 63.64% | 2,726 | 34.09% | 143 | 1.79% | 15 | 0.19% | 23 | 0.29% | 2,363 | 29.55% | 7,996 |
| Patrick | 4,901 | 66.36% | 2,254 | 30.52% | 101 | 1.37% | 86 | 1.16% | 43 | 0.58% | 2,647 | 35.84% | 7,385 |
| Petersburg | 2,109 | 19.07% | 8,751 | 79.11% | 117 | 1.06% | 49 | 0.44% | 36 | 0.33% | -6,642 | -60.04% | 11,062 |
| Pittsylvania | 15,760 | 64.98% | 7,834 | 32.30% | 207 | 0.85% | 374 | 1.54% | 80 | 0.33% | 7,926 | 32.68% | 24,255 |
| Poquoson | 4,271 | 72.87% | 1,448 | 24.71% | 93 | 1.59% | 41 | 0.70% | 8 | 0.14% | 2,823 | 48.16% | 5,861 |
| Portsmouth | 12,628 | 35.62% | 22,286 | 62.86% | 348 | 0.98% | 126 | 0.36% | 67 | 0.19% | -9,658 | -27.24% | 35,455 |
| Powhatan | 6,820 | 70.23% | 2,708 | 27.89% | 122 | 1.26% | 36 | 0.37% | 25 | 0.26% | 4,112 | 42.34% | 9,711 |
| Prince Edward | 3,214 | 50.51% | 2,922 | 45.92% | 115 | 1.81% | 94 | 1.48% | 18 | 0.28% | 292 | 4.59% | 6,363 |
| Prince George | 6,579 | 60.36% | 4,182 | 38.37% | 97 | 0.89% | 19 | 0.17% | 23 | 0.21% | 2,397 | 21.99% | 10,900 |
| Prince William | 52,788 | 52.52% | 44,745 | 44.52% | 1,927 | 1.92% | 695 | 0.69% | 356 | 0.35% | 8,043 | 8.00% | 100,511 |
| Pulaski | 7,089 | 55.83% | 5,255 | 41.39% | 207 | 1.63% | 86 | 0.68% | 60 | 0.47% | 1,834 | 14.44% | 12,697 |
| Radford | 2,190 | 49.24% | 2,063 | 46.38% | 172 | 3.87% | 16 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.16% | 127 | 2.86% | 4,448 |
| Rappahannock | 1,850 | 52.66% | 1,462 | 41.62% | 161 | 4.58% | 18 | 0.51% | 22 | 0.63% | 388 | 11.04% | 3,513 |
| Richmond | 1,784 | 60.50% | 1,076 | 36.49% | 44 | 1.49% | 24 | 0.81% | 21 | 0.71% | 708 | 24.01% | 2,949 |
| Richmond City | 20,265 | 30.74% | 42,717 | 64.80% | 2,425 | 3.68% | 357 | 0.54% | 162 | 0.25% | -22,452 | -34.06% | 65,926 |
| Roanoke | 25,740 | 60.12% | 16,141 | 37.70% | 681 | 1.59% | 169 | 0.39% | 86 | 0.20% | 9,599 | 22.42% | 42,817 |
| Roanoke City | 14,630 | 43.75% | 17,920 | 53.59% | 603 | 1.80% | 202 | 0.60% | 87 | 0.26% | -3,290 | -9.84% | 33,442 |
| Rockbridge | 4,522 | 57.77% | 2,953 | 37.73% | 248 | 3.17% | 65 | 0.83% | 39 | 0.50% | 1,569 | 20.04% | 7,827 |
| Rockingham | 17,482 | 72.86% | 5,834 | 24.31% | 539 | 2.25% | 53 | 0.22% | 86 | 0.36% | 11,648 | 48.55% | 23,994 |
| Russell | 5,065 | 46.93% | 5,442 | 50.43% | 102 | 0.95% | 123 | 1.14% | 60 | 0.56% | -377 | -3.50% | 10,792 |
| Salem | 6,188 | 57.46% | 4,348 | 40.37% | 181 | 1.68% | 31 | 0.29% | 22 | 0.20% | 1,840 | 17.09% | 10,770 |
| Scott | 5,535 | 59.29% | 3,552 | 38.05% | 85 | 0.91% | 114 | 1.22% | 49 | 0.52% | 1,983 | 21.24% | 9,335 |
| Shenandoah | 9,636 | 66.68% | 4,420 | 30.58% | 294 | 2.03% | 37 | 0.26% | 65 | 0.45% | 5,216 | 36.10% | 14,452 |
| Smyth | 6,580 | 56.05% | 4,836 | 41.19% | 131 | 1.12% | 116 | 0.99% | 77 | 0.66% | 1,744 | 14.86% | 11,740 |
| Southampton | 3,293 | 49.05% | 3,359 | 50.03% | 44 | 0.66% | 4 | 0.06% | 14 | 0.21% | -66 | -0.98% | 6,714 |
| Spotsylvania | 20,739 | 59.22% | 13,455 | 38.42% | 586 | 1.67% | 94 | 0.27% | 147 | 0.42% | 7,284 | 20.80% | 35,021 |
| Stafford | 20,731 | 60.54% | 12,596 | 36.78% | 657 | 1.92% | 120 | 0.35% | 142 | 0.41% | 8,135 | 23.76% | 34,246 |
| Staunton | 4,878 | 57.29% | 3,324 | 39.04% | 278 | 3.27% | 18 | 0.21% | 16 | 0.19% | 1,554 | 18.25% | 8,514 |
| Suffolk | 11,836 | 47.99% | 12,471 | 50.57% | 199 | 0.81% | 96 | 0.39% | 59 | 0.24% | -635 | -2.58% | 24,661 |
| Surry | 1,313 | 40.65% | 1,845 | 57.12% | 29 | 0.90% | 30 | 0.93% | 13 | 0.40% | -532 | -16.47% | 3,230 |
| Sussex | 1,745 | 44.67% | 2,006 | 51.36% | 41 | 1.05% | 83 | 2.12% | 31 | 0.79% | -261 | -6.69% | 3,906 |
| Tazewell | 8,655 | 52.96% | 7,227 | 44.22% | 162 | 0.99% | 217 | 1.33% | 83 | 0.51% | 1,428 | 8.74% | 16,344 |
| Virginia Beach | 83,674 | 55.87% | 62,268 | 41.58% | 2,370 | 1.58% | 809 | 0.54% | 650 | 0.43% | 21,406 | 14.29% | 149,771 |
| Warren | 6,335 | 56.73% | 4,313 | 38.63% | 260 | 2.33% | 124 | 1.11% | 134 | 1.20% | 2,022 | 18.10% | 11,166 |
| Washington | 12,064 | 59.66% | 7,549 | 37.33% | 288 | 1.42% | 232 | 1.15% | 89 | 0.44% | 4,515 | 22.33% | 20,222 |
| Waynesboro | 4,084 | 57.50% | 2,737 | 38.54% | 233 | 3.28% | 22 | 0.31% | 26 | 0.37% | 1,347 | 18.96% | 7,102 |
| Westmoreland | 2,932 | 48.66% | 2,922 | 48.49% | 88 | 1.46% | 59 | 0.98% | 25 | 0.41% | 10 | 0.17% | 6,026 |
| Williamsburg | 1,777 | 47.70% | 1,724 | 46.28% | 188 | 5.05% | 21 | 0.56% | 15 | 0.40% | 53 | 1.42% | 3,725 |
| Winchester | 4,314 | 54.70% | 3,318 | 42.07% | 209 | 2.65% | 27 | 0.34% | 18 | 0.23% | 996 | 12.63% | 7,886 |
| Wise | 6,504 | 48.87% | 6,412 | 48.17% | 160 | 1.20% | 180 | 1.35% | 54 | 0.41% | 92 | 0.70% | 13,310 |
| Wythe | 6,539 | 63.95% | 3,462 | 33.86% | 132 | 1.29% | 16 | 0.16% | 76 | 0.74% | 3,077 | 30.09% | 10,225 |
| York | 15,312 | 62.29% | 8,622 | 35.07% | 480 | 1.95% | 114 | 0.46% | 55 | 0.22% | 6,690 | 27.22% | 24,583 |
| Totals | 1,437,490 | 52.47% | 1,217,290 | 44.44% | 59,398 | 2.17% | 15,198 | 0.55% | 10,071 | 0.37% | 220,200 | 8.03% | 2,739,447 |
Counties and Independent Cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican
edit- Accomack (Largest city: Chincoteague)
- Alleghany (Largest city: Clifton Forge)
- Bath (Largest city: Hot Springs)
- Bedford (Independent city)
- Buckingham (Largest city: Dillwyn)
- Buena Vista (Independent city)
- Dinwiddie (Largest town: McKenney)
- Essex (Largest city: Tappahannock)
- Galax (Independent city)
- Giles (Largest city: Pearisburg)
- King and Queen (Largest CDP: King and Queen Courthouse)
- Lee (Largest city: Pennington Gap)
- Montgomery (Largest city: Blacksburg)
- Nelson (Largest city: Nellysford)
- Prince Edward (Largest city: Farmville)
- Radford (Independent city)
- Smyth (Largest city: Marion)
- Tazewell (Largest city: Richlands)
- Westmoreland (Largest city: Colonial Beach)
- Williamsburg (Independent city)
- Wise (Largest city: Big Stone Gap)
By congressional district
editBush won 8 of 11 congressional districts, including two held by other parties. Gore won 3 districts, including one held by a Republican.[5]
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 58% | 39% | Herbert H. Bateman |
| Jo Ann Davis | |||
| 2nd | 53% | 45% | Owen B. Pickett |
| Ed Schrock | |||
| 3rd | 34% | 65% | Robert C. Scott |
| 4th | 49% | 49% | Norman Sisisky |
| Randy Forbes | |||
| 5th | 56% | 40% | Virgil Goode |
| 6th | 58% | 39% | Bob Goodlatte |
| 7th | 62% | 35% | Thomas J. Bliley Jr. |
| Eric Cantor | |||
| 8th | 40% | 55% | Jim Moran |
| 9th | 54% | 42% | Rick Boucher |
| 10th | 58% | 39% | Frank Wolf |
| 11th | 47% | 49% | Thomas M. Davis |
Analysis
editVirginia voted for Bush by 8.03%. Although it was a comfortable margin, this made Virginia Bush's narrowest win in a state that had been carried by Bob Dole in 1996 (narrowly ahead of Colorado, which Bush won by 8.36%). Bush did well in most of rural Virginia, making some inroads into then-traditionally Democratic southwest Virginia, and also carried the highly populated suburban areas outside Washington, D.C. (Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun) and Richmond (Henrico, Chesterfield), as well as the independent city of Virginia Beach, which has a largely suburban character. However, he underperformed in Fairfax County, the most populous jurisdiction in the state, winning it by a slightly smaller margin than Dole had won it by amid his 8.5% national defeat in 1996.
References
edit- ^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
- ^ Dave Leip. "2000 Presidential General Election Results – Virginia". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 65.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data".