2000 United States presidential election in Virginia

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election

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.

2000 United States presidential election in Virginia

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Turnout	67.2% ^[1]
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 13 0 Popular vote 1,437,490 1,217,290 Percentage 52.47% 44.44%
County and Independent City Results Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Gore   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%
President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

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 8.04%.^[2] The Old Dominion state was considered to be a reliably Republican state and it would not vote Democratic again until 2008.

As of the 2020 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

• 2000 Virginia Democratic presidential primary
• 2000 Virginia Republican presidential primary

Results

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

County or Independent City	George W. Bush Republican		Al Gore Democratic		Ralph Nader Green		Harry E. Browne Libertarian		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Accomack County	6,352	53.27%	5,092	42.70%	220	1.84%	188	1.58%	73	0.61%	1,260	10.57%	11,925
Albemarle County	18,291	49.64%	16,255	44.12%	2,043	5.54%	167	0.45%	90	0.24%	2,036	5.52%	36,846
Alleghany County	2,808	54.81%	2,214	43.22%	62	1.21%	25	0.49%	14	0.27%	594	11.59%	5,123
Amelia County	2,947	61.55%	1,754	36.63%	40	0.84%	24	0.50%	23	0.48%	1,193	24.92%	4,788
Amherst County	6,660	56.86%	4,812	41.09%	135	1.15%	67	0.57%	38	0.32%	1,848	15.77%	11,712
Appomattox County	3,654	61.65%	2,132	35.97%	62	1.05%	60	1.01%	19	0.32%	1,522	25.68%	5,927
Arlington County	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 County	17,744	70.21%	6,643	26.29%	527	2.09%	269	1.06%	88	0.35%	11,101	43.92%	25,271
Bath County	1,311	59.32%	822	37.19%	35	1.58%	27	1.22%	15	0.68%	489	22.13%	2,210
Bedford County	17,224	65.87%	8,160	31.21%	376	1.44%	268	1.02%	121	0.46%	9,064	34.66%	26,149
Bland County	1,759	65.44%	851	31.66%	42	1.56%	20	0.74%	16	0.60%	908	33.78%	2,688
Botetourt County	8,867	64.07%	4,627	33.43%	207	1.50%	88	0.64%	51	0.37%	4,240	30.64%	13,840
Brunswick County	2,561	42.70%	3,387	56.48%	28	0.47%	13	0.22%	8	0.13%	-826	-13.78%	5,997
Buchanan County	3,867	39.23%	5,745	58.29%	65	0.66%	132	1.34%	47	0.48%	-1,878	-19.06%	9,856
Buckingham County	2,738	50.20%	2,561	46.96%	96	1.76%	39	0.72%	20	0.37%	177	3.24%	5,454
Campbell County	13,162	64.75%	6,659	32.76%	236	1.16%	199	0.98%	71	0.35%	6,503	31.99%	20,327
Caroline County	3,873	46.38%	4,314	51.66%	102	1.22%	38	0.46%	24	0.29%	-441	-5.28%	8,351
Carroll County	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 County	1,023	33.37%	1,981	64.61%	31	1.01%	19	0.62%	12	0.39%	-958	-31.24%	3,066
Charlotte County	2,855	57.17%	2,017	40.39%	43	0.86%	46	0.92%	33	0.66%	838	16.78%	4,994
Chesterfield County	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 County	2,883	54.56%	2,166	40.99%	195	3.69%	19	0.36%	21	0.40%	717	13.57%	5,284
Craig County	1,580	63.38%	851	34.14%	39	1.56%	14	0.56%	9	0.36%	729	29.24%	2,493
Culpeper County	7,440	60.76%	4,364	35.64%	253	2.07%	137	1.12%	50	0.41%	3,076	25.12%	12,244
Cumberland County	1,974	56.29%	1,405	40.06%	35	1.00%	75	2.14%	18	0.51%	569	16.23%	3,507
Dickenson County	3,122	43.21%	3,951	54.68%	85	1.18%	37	0.51%	31	0.43%	-829	-11.47%	7,226
Dinwiddie County	4,959	54.28%	4,001	43.79%	74	0.81%	58	0.63%	44	0.48%	958	10.49%	9,136
Essex County	1,995	52.08%	1,750	45.68%	59	1.54%	19	0.50%	8	0.21%	245	6.40%	3,831
Fairfax County	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
Fauquier County	14,456	61.56%	8,296	35.33%	570	2.43%	60	0.26%	99	0.42%	6,160	26.23%	23,481
Floyd County	3,423	59.64%	1,957	34.10%	244	4.25%	48	0.84%	67	1.17%	1,466	25.54%	5,739
Fluvanna County	4,962	57.00%	3,431	39.41%	252	2.89%	38	0.44%	23	0.26%	1,531	17.59%	8,706
Franklin County	11,225	59.62%	7,145	37.95%	303	1.61%	87	0.46%	69	0.37%	4,080	21.67%	18,829
Frederick County	14,574	65.09%	7,158	31.97%	483	2.16%	80	0.36%	97	0.43%	7,416	33.12%	22,392
Giles County	3,574	52.40%	3,004	44.05%	137	2.01%	70	1.03%	35	0.51%	570	8.35%	6,820
Gloucester County	8,718	63.64%	4,553	33.24%	225	1.64%	148	1.08%	55	0.40%	4,165	30.40%	13,699
Goochland County	5,378	61.27%	3,197	36.42%	139	1.58%	42	0.48%	21	0.24%	2,181	24.85%	8,777
Grayson County	4,236	61.82%	2,467	36.00%	102	1.49%	15	0.22%	32	0.47%	1,769	25.82%	6,852
Greene County	3,375	62.36%	1,774	32.78%	194	3.58%	50	0.92%	19	0.35%	1,601	29.58%	5,412
Greensville County	1,565	40.07%	2,314	59.24%	13	0.33%	4	0.10%	10	0.26%	-749	-19.17%	3,906
Halifax County	7,732	54.95%	5,963	42.37%	110	0.78%	211	1.50%	56	0.40%	1,769	12.58%	14,072
Hanover County	28,614	68.81%	12,044	28.96%	711	1.71%	117	0.28%	99	0.24%	16,570	39.85%	41,585
Henrico County	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 County	11,870	55.30%	8,898	41.46%	234	1.09%	331	1.54%	130	0.61%	2,972	13.84%	21,463
Highland County	942	65.55%	453	31.52%	32	2.23%	4	0.28%	6	0.42%	489	34.03%	1,437
Isle of Wight County	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 County	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 County	1,423	49.77%	1,387	48.51%	33	1.15%	11	0.38%	5	0.17%	36	1.26%	2,859
King George County	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 County	3,547	61.48%	2,125	36.83%	74	1.28%	9	0.16%	14	0.24%	1,422	24.65%	5,769
Lancaster County	3,411	62.53%	1,937	35.51%	88	1.61%	14	0.26%	5	0.09%	1,474	27.02%	5,455
Lee County	4,551	52.02%	4,031	46.08%	79	0.90%	34	0.39%	53	0.61%	520	5.94%	8,748
Loudoun County	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 County	5,461	54.09%	4,309	42.68%	222	2.20%	44	0.44%	60	0.59%	1,152	11.41%	10,096
Lunenburg County	2,510	54.67%	2,026	44.13%	33	0.72%	16	0.35%	6	0.13%	484	10.54%	4,591
Madison County	2,940	58.48%	1,844	36.68%	148	2.94%	67	1.33%	28	0.56%	1,096	21.80%	5,027
Mathews County	2,951	64.03%	1,499	32.52%	88	1.91%	54	1.17%	17	0.37%	1,452	31.51%	4,609
Mecklenburg County	6,600	56.63%	4,797	41.16%	104	0.89%	96	0.82%	57	0.49%	1,803	15.47%	11,654
Middlesex County	2,844	60.65%	1,671	35.64%	84	1.79%	66	1.41%	24	0.51%	1,173	25.01%	4,689
Montgomery County	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 County	2,913	47.40%	2,907	47.31%	273	4.44%	27	0.44%	25	0.41%	6	0.09%	6,145
New Kent County	3,934	64.34%	2,055	33.61%	81	1.32%	20	0.33%	24	0.39%	1,879	30.73%	6,114
Northampton County	2,299	47.00%	2,340	47.83%	108	2.21%	121	2.47%	24	0.49%	-41	-0.83%	4,892
Northumberland County	3,362	59.98%	2,118	37.79%	97	1.73%	11	0.20%	17	0.30%	1,244	22.19%	5,605
Nottoway County	2,870	52.26%	2,460	44.79%	46	0.84%	98	1.78%	18	0.33%	410	7.47%	5,492
Orange County	5,991	57.15%	4,126	39.36%	236	2.25%	91	0.87%	39	0.37%	1,865	17.79%	10,483
Page County	5,089	63.64%	2,726	34.09%	143	1.79%	15	0.19%	23	0.29%	2,363	29.55%	7,996
Patrick County	4,901	66.36%	2,254	30.52%	101	1.37%	86	1.16%	43	0.58%	2,647	35.84%	7,385
Pittsylvania County	15,760	64.98%	7,834	32.30%	207	0.85%	374	1.54%	80	0.33%	7,926	32.68%	24,255
Powhatan County	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 County	3,214	50.51%	2,922	45.92%	115	1.81%	94	1.48%	18	0.28%	292	4.59%	6,363
Prince George County	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 County	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 County	7,089	55.83%	5,255	41.39%	207	1.63%	86	0.68%	60	0.47%	1,834	14.44%	12,697
Rappahannock County	1,850	52.66%	1,462	41.62%	161	4.58%	18	0.51%	22	0.63%	388	11.04%	3,513
Richmond County	1,784	60.50%	1,076	36.49%	44	1.49%	24	0.81%	21	0.71%	708	24.01%	2,949
Roanoke County	25,740	60.12%	16,141	37.70%	681	1.59%	169	0.39%	86	0.20%	9,599	22.42%	42,817
Rockbridge County	4,522	57.77%	2,953	37.73%	248	3.17%	65	0.83%	39	0.50%	1,569	20.04%	7,827
Rockingham County	17,482	72.86%	5,834	24.31%	539	2.25%	53	0.22%	86	0.36%	11,648	48.55%	23,994
Russell County	5,065	46.93%	5,442	50.43%	102	0.95%	123	1.14%	60	0.56%	-377	-3.50%	10,792
Scott County	5,535	59.29%	3,552	38.05%	85	0.91%	114	1.22%	49	0.52%	1,983	21.24%	9,335
Shenandoah County	9,636	66.68%	4,420	30.58%	294	2.03%	37	0.26%	65	0.45%	5,216	36.10%	14,452
Smyth County	6,580	56.05%	4,836	41.19%	131	1.12%	116	0.99%	77	0.66%	1,744	14.86%	11,740
Southampton County	3,293	49.05%	3,359	50.03%	44	0.66%	4	0.06%	14	0.21%	-66	-0.98%	6,714
Spotsylvania County	20,739	59.22%	13,455	38.42%	586	1.67%	94	0.27%	147	0.42%	7,284	20.80%	35,021
Stafford County	20,731	60.54%	12,596	36.78%	657	1.92%	120	0.35%	142	0.41%	8,135	23.76%	34,246
Surry County	1,313	40.65%	1,845	57.12%	29	0.90%	30	0.93%	13	0.40%	-532	-16.47%	3,230
Sussex County	1,745	44.67%	2,006	51.36%	41	1.05%	83	2.12%	31	0.79%	-261	-6.69%	3,906
Tazewell County	8,655	52.96%	7,227	44.22%	162	0.99%	217	1.33%	83	0.51%	1,428	8.74%	16,344
Warren County	6,335	56.73%	4,313	38.63%	260	2.33%	124	1.11%	134	1.20%	2,022	18.10%	11,166
Washington County	12,064	59.66%	7,549	37.33%	288	1.42%	232	1.15%	89	0.44%	4,515	22.33%	20,222
Westmoreland County	2,932	48.66%	2,922	48.49%	88	1.46%	59	0.98%	25	0.41%	10	0.17%	6,026
Wise County	6,504	48.87%	6,412	48.17%	160	1.20%	180	1.35%	54	0.41%	92	0.70%	13,310
Wythe County	6,539	63.95%	3,462	33.86%	132	1.29%	16	0.16%	76	0.74%	3,077	30.09%	10,225
York County	15,312	62.29%	8,622	35.07%	480	1.95%	114	0.46%	55	0.22%	6,690	27.22%	24,583
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
Bedford	1,269	51.99%	1,078	44.16%	38	1.56%	35	1.43%	21	0.86%	191	7.83%	2,441
Bristol	3,495	55.66%	2,646	42.14%	89	1.42%	20	0.32%	29	0.46%	849	13.52%	6,279
Buena Vista	980	49.62%	941	47.65%	27	1.37%	19	0.96%	8	0.41%	39	1.97%	1,975
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
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
Danville	9,427	51.49%	8,221	44.91%	168	0.92%	437	2.39%	54	0.29%	1,206	6.58%	18,307
Emporia	938	45.10%	1,116	53.65%	17	0.82%	4	0.19%	5	0.24%	-178	-8.55%	2,080
Fairfax	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
Franklin	1,393	43.65%	1,763	55.25%	25	0.78%	8	0.25%	2	0.06%	-370	-11.60%	3,191
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
Hampton	19,561	40.85%	27,490	57.41%	563	1.18%	154	0.32%	119	0.25%	-7,929	-16.56%	47,887
Harrisonburg	5,741	57.65%	3,482	34.97%	641	6.44%	45	0.45%	49	0.49%	2,259	22.68%	9,958
Hopewell	3,749	53.73%	3,024	43.34%	73	1.05%	92	1.32%	40	0.57%	725	10.39%	6,978
Lexington	957	44.72%	1,048	48.97%	103	4.81%	26	1.21%	6	0.28%	-91	-4.25%	2,140
Lynchburg	12,518	53.25%	10,374	44.13%	441	1.88%	105	0.45%	68	0.29%	2,144	9.12%	23,506
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
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
Norton	639	41.76%	867	56.67%	20	1.31%	2	0.13%	2	0.13%	-228	-14.91%	1,530
Petersburg	2,109	19.07%	8,751	79.11%	117	1.06%	49	0.44%	36	0.33%	-6,642	-60.04%	11,062
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
Radford	2,190	49.24%	2,063	46.38%	172	3.87%	16	0.36%	7	0.16%	127	2.86%	4,448
Richmond	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	14,630	43.75%	17,920	53.59%	603	1.80%	202	0.60%	87	0.26%	-3,290	-9.84%	33,442
Salem	6,188	57.46%	4,348	40.37%	181	1.68%	31	0.29%	22	0.20%	1,840	17.09%	10,770
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
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
Waynesboro	4,084	57.50%	2,737	38.54%	233	3.28%	22	0.31%	26	0.37%	1,347	18.96%	7,102
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
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	8.04%	2,739,447

Counties and Independent Cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• 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

Bush 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

Virginia 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

1. . Virginia Department of Elections. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
2. Dave Leip. "2000 Presidential General Election Results – Virginia". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
3. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
4. 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.
5. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data".