2000 United States presidential election in Maryland

2000 United States presidential election in Maryland
Gore 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Bush 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
President before election; Bill Clinton; Democratic	Elected President ; George W. Bush; Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 7, 2000. Maryland participated in the 2000 United States presidential election along with the 49 other U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Democratic Vice President Al Gore easily carried Maryland on election day, taking 56.57% of the vote to Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush’s 40.18%. Maryland was the only state where, along with Washington, D.C., Gore improved on Bill Clinton's margin four years earlier.^[1]^[2] Gore's strong performance in the most highly-populated counties in the state, which are home to many urban and African American communities, contributed to his victory in the state. Gore flipped Charles County; it was one of only two counties in the country to vote for Gore after having voted for Bob Dole in 1996, the other being Orange County, Florida. This was the first time since 1888 that Maryland gave a majority of the vote to a losing candidate. Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Charles County, as well as the first to do so without carrying Baltimore or Howard Counties since Calvin Coolidge in 1924.

In this election, Maryland voted 15.87% to the left of the nation at-large.^[3]

Maryland was one of ten states that backed George H. W. Bush for President in 1988 that didn't back George W. Bush in either 2000 or 2004.

^ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 2000 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland Retrieved on 2011-06-17.
^ There were several other states where Gore scored a higher overall percentage of the vote than Clinton, due to a significant reduction in the third-party vote, as Ross Perot was no longer a candidate.
^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

[1] Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 2000 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland Retrieved on 2011-06-17.

[2] There were several other states where Gore scored a higher overall percentage of the vote than Clinton, due to a significant reduction in the third-party vote, as Ross Perot was no longer a candidate.

[3] "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

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