2000 United States presidential election in Virginia

2000 United States presidential election in Virginia

← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 →
Turnout67.2% [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%


President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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.

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, 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, Albemarle County, and the independent cities of Fairfax, Danville, and Williamsburg have voted Republican for president.[3]

  1. ^ "Registration/Turnout Statistics". 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