Minnesota — 2000 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2000 presidential electionMinnesota · PresidentGoreD+2.4
How it voted
Share of the 2000 vote
| Al Gore ✓Democratic | 47.9% | 1,168,266 |
|---|---|---|
| George W. BushRepublican | 45.5% | 1,109,659 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 6.6% | 160,760 |
2000presidential margin
D+60R+60
87 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Minnesota cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (87 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County, MN | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Anoka County, MN | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Becker County, MN | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Beltrami County, MN | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Benton County, MN | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Big Stone County, MN | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Blue Earth County, MN | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Brown County, MN | Republican | R+21.2 |
| Carlton County, MN | Democratic | D+20.2 |
| Carver County, MN | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Cass County, MN | Republican | R+11.8 |
| Chippewa County, MN | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Chisago County, MN | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Clay County, MN | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Clearwater County, MN | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Cook County, MN | Republican | R+4.4 |
| Cottonwood County, MN | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Crow Wing County, MN | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Dakota County, MN | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Dodge County, MN | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Douglas County, MN | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Faribault County, MN | Republican | R+8.5 |
| Fillmore County, MN | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Freeborn County, MN | Democratic | D+10.4 |
| Goodhue County, MN | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Grant County, MN | Republican | R+8.2 |
| Hennepin County, MN | Democratic | D+14.3 |
| Houston County, MN | Republican | R+5.7 |
| Hubbard County, MN | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Isanti County, MN | Republican | R+9.5 |
| Itasca County, MN | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Jackson County, MN | Republican | R+7.5 |
| Kanabec County, MN | Republican | R+9.5 |
| Kandiyohi County, MN | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Kittson County, MN | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Koochiching County, MN | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Lac qui Parle County, MN | Democratic | D+6.8 |
| Lake County, MN | Democratic | D+17.0 |
| Lake of the Woods County, MN | Republican | R+16.8 |
| Le Sueur County, MN | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Lincoln County, MN | Democratic | D+2.3 |
| Lyon County, MN | Republican | R+11.8 |
| Mahnomen County, MN | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Marshall County, MN | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Martin County, MN | Republican | R+14.7 |
| McLeod County, MN | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Meeker County, MN | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Mille Lacs County, MN | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Morrison County, MN | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Mower County, MN | Democratic | D+20.7 |
| Murray County, MN | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Nicollet County, MN | Republican | R+1.2 |
| Nobles County, MN | Republican | R+11.3 |
| Norman County, MN | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Olmsted County, MN | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Otter Tail County, MN | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Pennington County, MN | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Pine County, MN | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Pipestone County, MN | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Polk County, MN | Republican | R+13.0 |
| Pope County, MN | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Ramsey County, MN | Democratic | D+20.8 |
| Red Lake County, MN | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Redwood County, MN | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Renville County, MN | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Rice County, MN | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Rock County, MN | Republican | R+13.8 |
| Roseau County, MN | Republican | R+35.8 |
| Scott County, MN | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Sherburne County, MN | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Sibley County, MN | Republican | R+19.1 |
| St. Louis County, MN | Democratic | D+26.8 |
| Stearns County, MN | Republican | R+12.2 |
| Steele County, MN | Republican | R+8.2 |
| Stevens County, MN | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Swift County, MN | Democratic | D+5.9 |
| Todd County, MN | Republican | R+17.1 |
| Traverse County, MN | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Wabasha County, MN | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Wadena County, MN | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Waseca County, MN | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Washington County, MN | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Watonwan County, MN | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Wilkin County, MN | Republican | R+29.8 |
| Winona County, MN | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Wright County, MN | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Yellow Medicine County, MN | Republican | R+1.3 |
Minnesota results by county
87 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitkin County | Al Gore+75 | 3,83046.4% | 3,75545.5% | 2723.3% | 8,260 |
| Anoka County | George W. Bush+1,248 | 68,00846.7% | 69,25647.6% | 1,7391.2% | 145,619 |
| Becker County | George W. Bush+2,899 | 5,25336.6% | 8,15256.9% | 3372.4% | 14,333 |
| Beltrami County | George W. Bush+1,045 | 7,30142.4% | 8,34648.5% | 3011.7% | 17,217 |
| Benton County | George W. Bush+1,654 | 6,00940.3% | 7,66351.4% | 3742.5% | 14,908 |
| Big Stone County | Al Gore+60 | 1,43048.0% | 1,37046.0% | 712.4% | 2,980 |
| Blue Earth County | George W. Bush+613 | 12,32945.0% | 12,94247.2% | 3701.4% | 27,402 |
| Brown County | George W. Bush+2,720 | 4,65036.2% | 7,37057.4% | 2532.0% | 12,834 |
| Carlton County | Al Gore+3,042 | 8,62057.2% | 5,57837.0% | 2491.7% | 15,081 |
| Carver County | George W. Bush+8,328 | 12,46235.6% | 20,79059.4% | 3881.1% | 35,021 |
| Cass County | George W. Bush+1,600 | 5,53440.7% | 7,13452.5% | 2621.9% | 13,593 |
| Chippewa County | George W. Bush+25 | 2,95246.5% | 2,97746.9% | 1552.4% | 6,352 |
| Chisago County | George W. Bush+1,344 | 9,59343.6% | 10,93749.7% | 3411.6% | 21,987 |
| Clay County | George W. Bush+1,584 | 10,12843.4% | 11,71250.1% | 5552.4% | 23,358 |
| Clearwater County | George W. Bush+671 | 1,46638.3% | 2,13755.9% | 872.3% | 3,824 |
| Cook County | George W. Bush+124 | 1,17141.5% | 1,29545.9% | 642.3% | 2,820 |
| Cottonwood County | George W. Bush+866 | 2,50340.5% | 3,36954.5% | 1011.6% | 6,181 |
| Crow Wing County | George W. Bush+3,780 | 11,25540.0% | 15,03553.5% | 5241.9% | 28,128 |
| Dakota County | George W. Bush+1,804 | 85,44646.9% | 87,25047.9% | 1,7541.0% | 182,249 |
| Dodge County | George W. Bush+843 | 3,37041.9% | 4,21352.3% | 1401.7% | 8,050 |
| Douglas County | George W. Bush+3,459 | 6,35236.9% | 9,81157.0% | 2961.7% | 17,205 |
| Faribault County | George W. Bush+712 | 3,62443.0% | 4,33651.5% | 1551.8% | 8,424 |
| Fillmore County | Al Gore+374 | 5,02049.1% | 4,64645.4% | 1481.4% | 10,223 |
| Freeborn County | Al Gore+1,671 | 8,51452.8% | 6,84342.4% | 2271.4% | 16,139 |
| Goodhue County | George W. Bush+871 | 9,98144.8% | 10,85248.8% | 3311.5% | 22,257 |
| Grant County | George W. Bush+297 | 1,50741.6% | 1,80449.8% | 992.7% | 3,624 |
| Hennepin County | Al Gore+81,942 | 307,59953.6% | 225,65739.3% | 5,0060.9% | 573,846 |
| Houston County | George W. Bush+575 | 4,50244.3% | 5,07749.9% | 1671.6% | 10,167 |
| Hubbard County | George W. Bush+1,675 | 3,63237.8% | 5,30755.2% | 1902.0% | 9,613 |
| Isanti County | George W. Bush+1,421 | 6,24741.8% | 7,66851.4% | 2611.7% | 14,929 |
| Itasca County | Al Gore+1,038 | 10,58348.7% | 9,54544.0% | 4492.1% | 21,714 |
| Jackson County | George W. Bush+409 | 2,36443.5% | 2,77351.0% | 1072.0% | 5,438 |
| Kanabec County | George W. Bush+649 | 2,83141.6% | 3,48051.1% | 1562.3% | 6,811 |
| Kandiyohi County | George W. Bush+1,806 | 8,22042.6% | 10,02652.0% | 3051.6% | 19,285 |
| Kittson County | George W. Bush+246 | 1,10742.0% | 1,35351.3% | 1094.1% | 2,637 |
| Koochiching County | George W. Bush+620 | 2,90342.2% | 3,52351.2% | 1512.2% | 6,879 |
| Lac qui Parle County | Al Gore+303 | 2,24450.4% | 1,94143.6% | 1082.4% | 4,453 |
| Lake County | Al Gore+1,114 | 3,57954.5% | 2,46537.6% | 931.4% | 6,563 |
| Lake of the Woods County | George W. Bush+368 | 84838.8% | 1,21655.6% | 492.2% | 2,187 |
| Le Sueur County | George W. Bush+777 | 5,36143.5% | 6,13849.8% | 2291.9% | 12,331 |
| Lincoln County | Al Gore+77 | 1,59048.4% | 1,51346.1% | 762.3% | 3,284 |
| Lyon County | George W. Bush+1,350 | 4,73741.2% | 6,08753.0% | 2051.8% | 11,489 |
| Mahnomen County | George W. Bush+201 | 92141.4% | 1,12250.4% | 853.8% | 2,224 |
| Marshall County | George W. Bush+1,002 | 1,91036.7% | 2,91256.0% | 2174.2% | 5,199 |
| Martin County | George W. Bush+1,520 | 4,16640.2% | 5,68654.8% | 1431.4% | 10,371 |
| McLeod County | George W. Bush+3,173 | 5,60936.4% | 8,78257.0% | 3222.1% | 15,394 |
| Meeker County | George W. Bush+1,118 | 4,40241.2% | 5,52051.7% | 2332.2% | 10,672 |
| Mille Lacs County | George W. Bush+847 | 4,37642.7% | 5,22350.9% | 2062.0% | 10,253 |
| Morrison County | George W. Bush+2,923 | 5,27435.9% | 8,19755.8% | 5733.9% | 14,677 |
| Mower County | Al Gore+3,820 | 10,69357.9% | 6,87337.2% | 2361.3% | 18,480 |
| Murray County | George W. Bush+314 | 2,09344.0% | 2,40750.6% | 1042.2% | 4,753 |
| Nicollet County | George W. Bush+180 | 7,04145.9% | 7,22147.1% | 2231.5% | 15,327 |
| Nobles County | George W. Bush+1,006 | 3,76042.4% | 4,76653.7% | 1081.2% | 8,872 |
| Norman County | George W. Bush+233 | 1,57543.3% | 1,80849.7% | 1353.7% | 3,641 |
| Olmsted County | George W. Bush+4,819 | 25,82243.5% | 30,64151.6% | 7311.2% | 59,392 |
| Otter Tail County | George W. Bush+7,119 | 9,84434.5% | 16,96359.5% | 5842.0% | 28,511 |
| Pennington County | George W. Bush+922 | 2,45838.9% | 3,38053.5% | 2273.6% | 6,320 |
| Pine County | Al Gore+294 | 6,14847.0% | 5,85444.8% | 3322.5% | 13,068 |
| Pipestone County | George W. Bush+723 | 1,97040.3% | 2,69355.0% | 911.9% | 4,894 |
| Polk County | George W. Bush+1,845 | 5,76440.8% | 7,60953.8% | 3982.8% | 14,140 |
| Pope County | George W. Bush+37 | 2,77146.3% | 2,80846.9% | 1442.4% | 5,987 |
| Ramsey County | Al Gore+50,801 | 138,47056.7% | 87,66935.9% | 2,6171.1% | 244,278 |
| Red Lake County | George W. Bush+260 | 83039.7% | 1,09052.2% | 1024.9% | 2,090 |
| Redwood County | George W. Bush+1,908 | 2,68134.6% | 4,58959.2% | 1642.1% | 7,748 |
| Renville County | George W. Bush+503 | 3,53343.5% | 4,03649.7% | 1982.4% | 8,122 |
| Rice County | Al Gore+2,264 | 13,14050.5% | 10,87641.8% | 3661.4% | 26,021 |
| Rock County | George W. Bush+691 | 2,08141.5% | 2,77255.3% | 410.8% | 5,010 |
| Roseau County | George W. Bush+2,567 | 2,12829.7% | 4,69565.5% | 1672.3% | 7,166 |
| Scott County | George W. Bush+6,451 | 17,50340.0% | 23,95454.7% | 5071.2% | 43,793 |
| Sherburne County | George W. Bush+4,704 | 12,10939.3% | 16,81354.5% | 4121.3% | 30,835 |
| Sibley County | George W. Bush+1,400 | 2,68736.6% | 4,08755.7% | 2002.7% | 7,335 |
| St. Louis County | Al Gore+28,817 | 64,23759.8% | 35,42033.0% | 1,5171.4% | 107,464 |
| Stearns County | George W. Bush+7,602 | 24,80039.7% | 32,40251.9% | 1,4542.3% | 62,476 |
| Steele County | George W. Bush+1,323 | 6,90042.9% | 8,22351.2% | 2461.5% | 16,066 |
| Stevens County | George W. Bush+397 | 2,43442.3% | 2,83149.2% | 941.6% | 5,752 |
| Swift County | Al Gore+322 | 2,69849.6% | 2,37643.7% | 1452.7% | 5,437 |
| Todd County | George W. Bush+1,899 | 4,13237.3% | 6,03154.4% | 4444.0% | 11,092 |
| Traverse County | George W. Bush+190 | 88442.0% | 1,07451.0% | 622.9% | 2,106 |
| Wabasha County | George W. Bush+723 | 4,52242.9% | 5,24549.8% | 1931.8% | 10,531 |
| Wadena County | George W. Bush+1,482 | 2,25135.3% | 3,73358.5% | 1452.3% | 6,382 |
| Waseca County | George W. Bush+914 | 3,69441.7% | 4,60852.0% | 1641.9% | 8,864 |
| Washington County | George W. Bush+1,865 | 49,63746.4% | 51,50248.1% | 9790.9% | 107,009 |
| Watonwan County | George W. Bush+304 | 2,25844.0% | 2,56249.9% | 1022.0% | 5,134 |
| Wilkin County | George W. Bush+986 | 1,04631.6% | 2,03261.5% | 1504.5% | 3,305 |
| Winona County | Al Gore+296 | 11,06946.3% | 10,77345.0% | 3261.4% | 23,918 |
| Wright County | George W. Bush+7,099 | 16,76238.7% | 23,86155.0% | 7661.8% | 43,366 |
| Yellow Medicine County | George W. Bush+70 | 2,52845.8% | 2,59847.1% | 1572.8% | 5,515 |
Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)
Minnesota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −8.3% |
| 1896 | −15.7% |
| 1900 | −24.5% |
| 1904 | −55.1% |
| 1908 | −26.2% |
| 1912 | +12.6% |
| 1916 | −0.1% |
| 1920 | −51.2% |
| 1924 | −44.4% |
| 1928 | −16.9% |
| 1932 | +23.6% |
| 1936 | +30.8% |
| 1940 | +3.8% |
| 1944 | +5.5% |
| 1948 | +17.3% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −7.6% |
| 1960 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | +27.8% |
| 1968 | +12.5% |
| 1972 | −5.5% |
| 1976 | +12.9% |
| 1980 | +3.9% |
| 1984 | +0.2% |
| 1988 | +7.0% |
| 1992 | +11.6% |
| 1996 | +16.1% |
| 2000 | +2.4% |
| 2004 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | +10.2% |
| 2012 | +7.7% |
| 2016 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | +7.1% |
| 2024 | +4.2% |
Same ballot, 2000MN
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2000 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.