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President Bill Clinton was leaving office as a popular President, despite questions about his moral character. Republicans nominated Texas Governor George W. Bush, who promised to restore dignity and morality to the Oval Office. Vice-President Al Gore was nominated to succeed the President, running on keeping up the economic prosperity of the Clinton years. He charged that Bush's plan would increase the budget deficit. Bush argued that Gore's environmental policy would hurt business. Since both candidates ran to the middle of the political spectrum, some liberals abandoned Gore and voted for third party candidate Ralph Nader. Despite the popularity of Bill Clinton, Gore narrowly won the popular vote. But the election would hinge on who won the electoral votes in the state of Florida. Bush led the election night count in Florida, prompting calls for a recount from the Gore campaign. The vote was certified under Florida law one week later. But the Florida Supreme Court called for the recounts to continue. When the vote was certified again, George W. Bush led by only 537 votes out of over 5.8 million cast for Bush and Gore. The Gore campaign continued to call for recounts and got their wish. The Bush campaign called on the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the recounts because the state standards were not the same for counting each vote throughout the state. Due to that reality and the looming deadline for deciding the electors, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the recounts, giving Bush the State of Florida and the election 36 days after the vote. UNITED STATES VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 50,455,999 48 271 Gore/Lieberman + 50,999,897 48 266 Nader/LaDuke 2,846,367 3 0 Buchanan/Foster 448,895 0 0 Browne/Oliver 370,956 0 0 Phillips/Frazier 97,527 0 0 Hagelin/Goldhaber 83,100 0 0 All Other Candidates 36,625 0 0 Write-Ins 27,508 0 0 ALABAMA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  941,173 56 9 Gore/Lieberman + 692,611 42 0 ALASKA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  167,398 59 3 Gore/Lieberman + 79,004 28 0 Nader/LaDuke 28,747 10 0 ARIZONA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  781,652 51 8 Gore/Lieberman + 685,341 45 0 ARKANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  472,940 51 6 Gore/Lieberman + 422,768 46 0 CALIFORNIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 4,567,429 42 0 Gore/Lieberman + 5,861,203 53 54 COLORADO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  883,745 51 8 Gore/Lieberman + 738,227 42 0 Nader/LaDuke 91,434 5 0 CONNECTICUT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 561,094 38 0 Gore/Lieberman + 816,015 56 8 DELAWARE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 137,288 42 0 Gore/Lieberman + 180,068 55 3 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 18,073 9 0 Gore/Lieberman + 171,923 85 2* Nader/LaDuke 10,576 5 0 * - One Elector Abstained From Voting FLORIDA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  2,912,790 49 25 Gore/Lieberman + 2,912,253 49 0 GEORGIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  1,419,720 55 13 Gore/Lieberman + 1,116,230 43 0 HAWAII VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 137,845 37 0 Gore/Lieberman + 205,286 56 4 Nader/LaDuke 21,623 6 0 IDAHO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  336,937 69 4 Gore/Lieberman + 138,637 28 0 ILLINOIS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 2,019,421 44 0 Gore/Lieberman + 2,589,026 55 22 INDIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  1,245,836 57 12 Gore/Lieberman + 901,980 41 0 IOWA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 634,373 48 0 Gore/Lieberman + 638,517 49 7 KANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  622,332 58 6 Gore/Lieberman + 399,276 37 0 KENTUCKY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  872,492 57 8 Gore/Lieberman + 638,898 41 0 LOUISIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  927,871 53 9 Gore/Lieberman + 792,344 45 0 MAINE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 286,616 44 0 Gore/Lieberman + 319,951 49 4 Nader/LaDuke 37,127 6 0 MARYLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 813,797 40 0 Gore/Lieberman + 1,145,782 57 10 MASSACHUSETTS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 878,502 33 0 Gore/Lieberman + 1,616,487 60 12 Nader/LaDuke 173,564 6 0 MICHIGAN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 1,953,139 46 0 Gore/Lieberman + 2,170,418 51 18 MINNESOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 1,109,659 46 0 Gore/Lieberman + 1,168,266 48 10 Nader/LaDuke 126,696 5 0 MISSISSIPPI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  572,844 57 6 Gore/Lieberman + 404,614 42 0 MISSOURI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  1,189,924 51 11 Gore/Lieberman + 1,111,138 47 0 MONTANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  240,178 58 3 Gore/Lieberman + 137,126 34 0 Nader/LaDuke 24,437 6 0 NEBRASKA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  433,862 63 5 Gore/Lieberman + 231,780 33 0 NEVADA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  301,575 50 4 Gore/Lieberman + 279,978 46 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  273,559 50 4 Gore/Lieberman + 266,348 49 0 NEW JERSEY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 1,284,173 40 0 Gore/Lieberman + 1,788,850 56 15 NEW MEXICO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 286,417 48 0 Gore/Lieberman + 286,783 48 5 NEW YORK VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 2,403,374 35 0 Gore/Lieberman + 4,107,697 60 33 NORTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  1,631,163 56 14 Gore/Lieberman + 1,257,692 43 0 NORTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  174,852 61 3 Gore/Lieberman + 95,284 33 0 OHIO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  2,351,209 50 21 Gore/Lieberman + 2,186,190 46 0 OKLAHOMA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  744,337 60 8 Gore/Lieberman + 474,276 38 0 OREGON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 713,577 47 0 Gore/Lieberman + 720,342 47 7 Nader/LaDuke 77,357 5 0 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 2,281,127 46 0 Gore/Lieberman + 2,485,967 51 21 RHODE ISLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 130,555 32 0 Gore/Lieberman + 249,508 61 4 Nader/LaDuke 25,052 6 0 SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  785,937 57 8 Gore/Lieberman + 565,561 41 0 SOUTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  190,700 60 3 Gore/Lieberman + 118,804 38 0 TENNESSEE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  1,061,949 51 11 Gore/Lieberman + 981,720 47 0 TEXAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  3,799,639 59 32 Gore/Lieberman + 2,433,746 38 0 UTAH VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  515,096 67 5 Gore/Lieberman + 203,053 26 0 Nader/LaDuke 35,850 5 0 VERMONT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 119,775 41 0 Gore/Lieberman + 149,022 51 3 Nader/LaDuke 20,374 7 0 VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  1,437,490 52 13 Gore/Lieberman + 1,217,290 44 0 WASHINGTON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 1,108,864 45 0 Gore/Lieberman + 1,247,652 50 11 WEST VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  336,475 52 5 Gore/Lieberman + 295,497 46 0 WISCONSIN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney 1,237,279 48 0 Gore/Lieberman + 1,242,987 48 11 WYOMING VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Bush/Cheney  147,947 69 3 Gore/Lieberman + 60,481 28 0 2000 Senate, Congress, and Gubernatorial Vote by State 2000 Presidential Primary Results SYMBOLS KEY Republican Democratic Libertarian Green Independent Constitution Natural Law Other Winner * Incumbent + Incumbent Party