| Election Name: | 2000 United States presidential election in Oregon |
| Country: | Oregon |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 United States presidential election in Oregon |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 United States presidential election in Oregon |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2000 |
| Image1: | File:Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Al Gore |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Tennessee |
| Running Mate1: | Joe Lieberman |
| Electoral Vote1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 720,342 |
| Percentage1: | 46.96% |
| Nominee2: | George W. Bush |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Texas |
| Running Mate2: | Dick Cheney |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 713,577 |
| Percentage2: | 46.52% |
| Image3: | File:Ralph Nader 1999 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee3: | Ralph Nader |
| Party3: | Green Party (United States) |
| Home State3: | Connecticut |
| Running Mate3: | Winona LaDuke |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 77,357 |
| Percentage3: | 5.04% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Bill Clinton |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | George W. Bush |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2000 United States presidential election in Oregon was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000, as part of the concurrent United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, to vote for the next president and vice president of the United States.
The state of Oregon voted for Democrat Al Gore over Republican George W. Bush by a narrow margin of 0.4 percentage points, or 6,765 votes. Oregon has been considered a blue state in recent years, voting for the Democratic Party in every presidential election since 1988. However, Gore's narrow win was relatively weak considering the state's typical partisan lean. This is the closest that Oregon has come to voting for a Republican for president since Ronald Reagan carried the state in 1984. This also marks the last election in which the margin of victory in Oregon was less than a percentage point, the last time that the Democratic Party failed to win a majority in the state, and the last time that the state would vote more Republican than the nation. Four years later John Kerry would win the state by a larger, yet somewhat modest, margin and from 2008 and onward Oregon would be considered a safely blue state on the presidential level. Almost eighty percent of registered voters came out to vote on election day, the highest in the country. This remains the last election where Oregon voted to the right of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota.
Bush became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Washington County.
Official state results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows:[1]
| 2000 United States presidential election in Oregon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Al Gore | 720,342 | 46.96% | 7 | ||
| Republican | George W. Bush | 713,577 | 46.52% | 0 | ||
| Pacific Green | Ralph Nader | 77,357 | 5.04% | 0 | ||
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 7,447 | 0.49% | 0 | ||
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 7,063 | 0.46% | 0 | ||
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 3,419 | 0.22% | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | 2,574 | 0.17% | 0 | ||
| Constitution | Howard Phillips | 2,189 | 0.14% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1,533,968 | 100.00% | 7 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 64.7% | |||||
Official county results from the Oregon Secretary of State are as follows:[1]
| County | Al Gore Democratic | George W. Bush Republican | Ralph Nader Pacific Green | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Baker | 2,195 | 26.58% | 5,618 | 68.03% | 289 | 3.50% | 156 | 1.89% | -3,423 | -41.45% | 8,258 | ||||||||||||
| Benton | 19,444 | 50.87% | 15,825 | 41.40% | 2,463 | 6.44% | 494 | 1.29% | 3,619 | 9.47% | 38,226 | ||||||||||||
| Clackamas | 76,421 | 47.10% | 77,539 | 47.79% | 6,357 | 3.92% | 1,945 | 1.20% | -1,118 | -0.69% | 162,262 | ||||||||||||
| Clatsop | 8,296 | 50.36% | 6,950 | 42.19% | 939 | 5.70% | 289 | 1.75% | 1,346 | 8.17% | 16,474 | ||||||||||||
| Columbia | 10,331 | 48.74% | 9,369 | 44.20% | 970 | 4.58% | 525 | 2.48% | 962 | 4.54% | 21,195 | ||||||||||||
| Coos | 11,610 | 39.52% | 15,626 | 53.19% | 1,410 | 4.80% | 733 | 2.49% | -4,016 | -13.67% | 29,379 | ||||||||||||
| Crook | 2,474 | 29.89% | 5,363 | 64.79% | 258 | 3.12% | 182 | 2.20% | -2,889 | -34.90% | 8,277 | ||||||||||||
| Curry | 4,090 | 35.53% | 6,551 | 56.90% | 603 | 5.24% | 269 | 2.34% | -2,461 | -21.37% | 11,513 | ||||||||||||
| Deschutes | 22,061 | 38.11% | 32,132 | 55.51% | 2,799 | 4.84% | 893 | 1.54% | -10,071 | -17.40% | 57,885 | ||||||||||||
| Douglas | 14,193 | 30.06% | 30,294 | 64.16% | 1,768 | 3.74% | 965 | 2.04% | -16,101 | -34.10% | 47,220 | ||||||||||||
| Gilliam | 359 | 32.94% | 679 | 62.29% | 37 | 3.39% | 15 | 1.38% | -320 | -29.35% | 1,090 | ||||||||||||
| Grant | 589 | 15.31% | 3,078 | 80.03% | 98 | 2.55% | 81 | 2.11% | -2,489 | -64.72% | 3,846 | ||||||||||||
| Harney | 766 | 20.51% | 2,799 | 74.96% | 84 | 2.25% | 85 | 2.28% | -2,033 | -54.45% | 3,734 | ||||||||||||
| Hood River | 4,072 | 47.63% | 3,721 | 43.53% | 645 | 7.54% | 111 | 1.30% | 351 | 4.10% | 8,549 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 33,153 | 39.10% | 46,052 | 54.31% | 4,207 | 4.96% | 1,384 | 1.63% | -12,899 | -15.21% | 84,796 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 2,681 | 38.87% | 3,838 | 55.65% | 247 | 3.58% | 131 | 1.90% | -1,157 | -16.78% | 6,897 | ||||||||||||
| Josephine | 11,864 | 32.30% | 22,186 | 60.40% | 1,783 | 4.85% | 900 | 2.45% | -10,322 | -28.10% | 36,733 | ||||||||||||
| Klamath | 7,541 | 27.08% | 18,855 | 67.72% | 867 | 3.11% | 581 | 2.09% | -11,314 | -40.64% | 27,844 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 707 | 18.96% | 2,830 | 75.89% | 108 | 2.90% | 84 | 2.25% | -2,123 | -56.93% | 3,729 | ||||||||||||
| Lane | 78,583 | 51.64% | 61,578 | 40.46% | 10,245 | 6.73% | 1,782 | 1.17% | 17,005 | 11.18% | 152,188 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 10,861 | 51.43% | 8,446 | 39.99% | 1,435 | 6.80% | 376 | 1.78% | 2,415 | 11.44% | 21,118 | ||||||||||||
| Linn | 16,682 | 37.58% | 25,359 | 57.13% | 1,617 | 3.64% | 730 | 1.64% | -8,677 | -19.55% | 44,388 | ||||||||||||
| Malheur | 2,336 | 22.45% | 7,624 | 73.28% | 248 | 2.38% | 196 | 1.88% | -5,288 | -50.83% | 10,404 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 49,430 | 43.61% | 57,443 | 50.68% | 4,679 | 4.13% | 1,782 | 1.57% | -8,013 | -7.07% | 113,334 | ||||||||||||
| Morrow | 1,197 | 33.17% | 2,224 | 61.62% | 87 | 2.41% | 101 | 2.80% | -1,027 | -28.45% | 3,609 | ||||||||||||
| Multnomah | 188,441 | 63.52% | 83,677 | 28.20% | 21,048 | 7.09% | 3,519 | 1.19% | 104,764 | 35.32% | 296,685 | ||||||||||||
| Polk | 11,921 | 41.90% | 14,988 | 52.68% | 1,201 | 4.22% | 339 | 1.19% | -3,067 | -10.78% | 28,449 | ||||||||||||
| Sherman | 326 | 30.70% | 679 | 63.94% | 36 | 3.39% | 21 | 1.98% | -353 | -33.24% | 1,062 | ||||||||||||
| Tillamook | 5,762 | 46.56% | 5,775 | 46.66% | 613 | 4.95% | 226 | 1.83% | -13 | -0.10% | 12,376 | ||||||||||||
| Umatilla | 7,809 | 33.86% | 14,140 | 61.32% | 655 | 2.84% | 456 | 1.98% | -6,331 | -27.46% | 23,060 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 3,577 | 29.62% | 7,836 | 64.89% | 436 | 3.61% | 227 | 1.88% | -4,259 | -35.27% | 12,076 | ||||||||||||
| Wallowa | 836 | 19.47% | 3,279 | 76.36% | 114 | 2.65% | 65 | 1.51% | -2,443 | -56.89% | 4,294 | ||||||||||||
| Wasco | 4,616 | 43.29% | 5,356 | 50.23% | 513 | 4.81% | 179 | 1.68% | -740 | -6.94% | 10,664 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 90,662 | 48.75% | 86,091 | 46.29% | 6,985 | 3.76% | 2,236 | 1.20% | 4,571 | 2.46% | 185,974 | ||||||||||||
| Wheeler | 202 | 24.02% | 584 | 69.44% | 27 | 3.21% | 28 | 3.33% | -382 | -45.42% | 841 | ||||||||||||
| Yamhill | 14,254 | 40.11% | 19,193 | 54.01% | 1,486 | 4.18% | 606 | 1.71% | -4,939 | -13.90% | 35,539 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 720,342 | 46.96% | 713,577 | 46.52% | 77,357 | 5.04% | 22,692 | 1.48% | 6,765 | 0.44% | 1,533,968 | ||||||||||||
Bush won 3 of 5 congressional districts, including two held by Democrats.[2]
| District | Gore | Bush | Representative | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51% | 44% | David Wu | ||||
| 35% | 60% | Greg Walden | ||||
| 61% | 31% | Earl Blumenauer | ||||
| 44% | 49% | Peter DeFazio | ||||
| 46% | 48% | Darlene Hooley |