George W. Bush carried Texas R+21.3.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Texas, 2000. The state ran 21.8 points more Republican than the nation (D+0.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2000 ballot here.

Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)

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Texas result

6,407,637 votes counted

Gore (D)

2,433,746

38.0%

Bush (R)

3,799,639

59.3%

All others

36,258

0.6%

Margin

R+21.3

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2000 presidential election

Texas, 2000

BushR+21.3

How it voted

Share of the 2000 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	59.3%	3,799,639
Al GoreDemocratic	38.0%	2,433,746
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	36,258

D+60

R+60

254 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 2000 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 2000

254 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−31.8%	5,041	9,835	15,080
Andrews County	R	−55.0%	876	3,091	4,024
Angelina County	R	−24.8%	9,957	16,648	26,974
Aransas County	R	−33.4%	2,637	5,390	8,247
Archer County	R	−49.0%	993	2,951	3,997
Armstrong County	R	−66.3%	150	772	938
Atascosa County	R	−17.8%	4,322	6,231	10,746
Austin County	R	−46.1%	2,407	6,661	9,227
Bailey County	R	−52.7%	488	1,589	2,090
Bandera County	R	−57.6%	1,426	5,613	7,273
Bastrop County	R	−18.2%	6,973	10,310	18,308
Baylor County	R	−31.4%	663	1,285	1,984
Bee County	R	−7.6%	3,795	4,429	8,330
Bell County	R	−31.9%	21,011	41,208	63,291
Bexar County	R	−7.4%	185,158	215,613	412,726
Blanco County	R	−52.2%	811	2,777	3,767
Borden County	R	−62.6%	62	283	353
Bosque County	R	−41.6%	1,930	4,745	6,770
Bowie County	R	−22.0%	11,662	18,325	30,320
Brazoria County	R	−35.7%	24,883	53,445	80,019
Brazos County	R	−43.7%	12,359	32,864	46,941
Brewster County	R	−14.5%	1,349	1,867	3,580
Briscoe County	R	−41.5%	224	544	772
Brooks County	D	+53.4%	1,854	556	2,431
Brown County	R	−50.1%	3,138	9,609	12,920
Burleson County	R	−22.3%	2,235	3,542	5,866
Burnet County	R	−43.3%	3,557	9,286	13,232
Caldwell County	R	−14.3%	3,872	5,216	9,425
Calhoun County	R	−14.6%	2,766	3,724	6,563
Callahan County	R	−50.7%	1,174	3,656	4,896
Cameron County	D	+8.7%	33,214	27,800	62,057
Camp County	R	−13.1%	1,625	2,121	3,784
Carson County	R	−63.3%	480	2,216	2,742
Cass County	R	−15.2%	4,618	6,295	11,019
Castro County	R	−37.4%	727	1,607	2,354
Chambers County	R	−39.6%	2,888	6,769	9,806
Cherokee County	R	−33.3%	4,755	9,599	14,537
Childress County	R	−42.5%	602	1,506	2,126
Clay County	R	−35.6%	1,460	3,112	4,637
Cochran County	R	−39.5%	344	807	1,171
Coke County	R	−51.6%	355	1,137	1,515
Coleman County	R	−51.3%	853	2,687	3,578
Collin County	R	−48.6%	42,884	128,179	175,420
Collingsworth County	R	−38.5%	429	974	1,415
Colorado County	R	−37.0%	2,229	4,913	7,249
Comal County	R	−53.3%	7,131	24,599	32,748
Comanche County	R	−33.8%	1,636	3,334	5,022
Concho County	R	−49.9%	268	818	1,103
Cooke County	R	−51.8%	3,153	10,128	13,469
Coryell County	R	−38.6%	4,493	10,321	15,087
Cottle County	R	−34.5%	241	502	757
Crane County	R	−51.9%	387	1,246	1,654
Crockett County	R	−32.7%	467	924	1,398
Crosby County	R	−28.2%	705	1,270	2,002
Culberson County	D	+16.2%	577	413	1,012
Dallam County	R	−59.9%	341	1,385	1,744
Dallas County	R	−7.7%	275,308	322,345	613,039
Dawson County	R	−38.7%	1,463	3,337	4,839
Deaf Smith County	R	−49.1%	1,240	3,687	4,984
Delta County	R	−21.9%	726	1,143	1,900
Denton County	R	−42.3%	40,144	102,171	146,790
DeWitt County	R	−48.1%	1,570	4,541	6,183
Dickens County	R	−34.6%	284	589	881
Dimmit County	D	+43.9%	2,678	1,032	3,753
Donley County	R	−56.6%	360	1,333	1,719
Duval County	D	+59.2%	3,990	1,010	5,030
Eastland County	R	−43.0%	1,774	4,531	6,414
Ector County	R	−40.9%	9,425	22,893	32,901
Edwards County	R	−42.9%	261	663	937
El Paso County	D	+18.1%	83,848	57,574	145,042
Ellis County	R	−41.4%	10,629	26,091	37,307
Erath County	R	−47.9%	2,804	8,126	11,115
Falls County	R	−14.4%	2,417	3,239	5,715
Fannin County	R	−19.1%	4,102	6,074	10,340
Fayette County	R	−43.8%	2,542	6,658	9,387
Fisher County	R	−4.5%	884	968	1,872
Floyd County	R	−51.7%	580	1,830	2,420
Foard County	R	−4.1%	263	286	556
Fort Bend County	R	−21.0%	47,569	73,567	123,509
Franklin County	R	−40.4%	1,018	2,420	3,472
Freestone County	R	−29.1%	2,316	4,247	6,641
Frio County	D	+13.2%	2,317	1,774	4,128
Gaines County	R	−56.9%	723	2,691	3,459
Galveston County	R	−11.2%	40,020	50,397	92,983
Garza County	R	−47.9%	454	1,302	1,770
Gillespie County	R	−66.4%	1,511	8,096	9,920
Glasscock County	R	−85.6%	39	528	571
Goliad County	R	−25.8%	1,233	2,108	3,392
Gonzales County	R	−36.5%	1,877	4,092	6,069
Gray County	R	−65.4%	1,376	6,732	8,185
Grayson County	R	−29.9%	13,647	25,596	39,940
Gregg County	R	−40.3%	11,244	26,739	38,433
Grimes County	R	−25.7%	2,450	4,197	6,802
Guadalupe County	R	−43.1%	8,311	21,499	30,567
Hale County	R	−51.7%	2,158	6,868	9,110
Hall County	R	−34.2%	472	966	1,446
Hamilton County	R	−46.5%	878	2,447	3,376
Hansford County	R	−80.3%	198	1,874	2,088
Hardeman County	R	−26.3%	566	976	1,557
Hardin County	R	−35.7%	5,595	11,962	17,836
Harris County	R	−11.4%	418,267	529,159	974,822
Harrison County	R	−21.6%	8,878	13,834	22,970
Hartley County	R	−63.3%	359	1,645	2,031
Haskell County	R	−3.0%	1,401	1,488	2,927
Hays County	R	−25.6%	11,387	20,170	34,317
Hemphill County	R	−64.6%	251	1,203	1,474
Henderson County	R	−30.8%	8,704	16,607	25,627
Hidalgo County	D	+22.8%	61,390	38,301	101,050
Hill County	R	−32.9%	3,524	7,054	10,735
Hockley County	R	−56.8%	1,419	5,250	6,745
Hood County	R	−44.1%	4,704	12,429	17,505
Hopkins County	R	−31.0%	3,692	7,076	10,910
Houston County	R	−30.1%	2,833	5,308	8,236
Howard County	R	−41.1%	2,744	6,668	9,548
Hudspeth County	R	−14.5%	380	514	922
Hunt County	R	−34.0%	7,857	16,177	24,466
Hutchinson County	R	−60.4%	1,796	7,443	9,351
Irion County	R	−58.3%	162	624	793
Jack County	R	−43.2%	822	2,107	2,974
Jackson County	R	−39.5%	1,446	3,365	4,856
Jasper County	R	−21.6%	4,533	7,071	11,742
Jeff Davis County	R	−40.1%	283	708	1,060
Jefferson County	D	+5.9%	45,409	40,320	86,909
Jim Hogg County	D	+41.2%	1,512	623	2,157
Jim Wells County	D	+24.3%	7,418	4,498	12,023
Johnson County	R	−37.2%	11,778	26,202	38,726
Jones County	R	−36.1%	1,899	4,080	6,048
Karnes County	R	−23.7%	1,617	2,638	4,308
Kaufman County	R	−34.0%	7,455	15,290	23,063
Kendall County	R	−62.2%	1,901	8,788	11,073
Kenedy County	D	+5.7%	119	106	228
Kent County	R	−30.0%	185	346	536
Kerr County	R	−55.3%	4,002	14,637	19,228
Kimble County	R	−59.1%	328	1,313	1,666
King County	R	−77.4%	14	120	137
Kinney County	R	−30.9%	486	932	1,444
Kleberg County	R	−0.5%	4,481	4,526	9,194
Knox County	R	−20.9%	617	947	1,576
La Salle County	D	+26.6%	1,266	731	2,014
Lamar County	R	−27.4%	5,553	9,775	15,430
Lamb County	R	−50.8%	1,114	3,451	4,598
Lampasas County	R	−47.6%	1,569	4,526	6,214
Lavaca County	R	−41.3%	2,171	5,288	7,546
Lee County	R	−35.5%	1,733	3,699	5,536
Leon County	R	−39.0%	1,893	4,362	6,326
Liberty County	R	−25.6%	7,311	12,458	20,077
Limestone County	R	−20.4%	2,768	4,212	7,075
Lipscomb County	R	−66.9%	206	1,072	1,294
Live Oak County	R	−42.8%	1,114	2,828	4,004
Llano County	R	−48.1%	2,143	6,295	8,627
Loving County	R	−60.9%	29	124	156
Lubbock County	R	−49.4%	18,469	56,054	76,008
Lynn County	R	−45.3%	562	1,507	2,084
Madison County	R	−30.1%	1,241	2,333	3,623
Marion County	R	−4.8%	1,852	2,039	3,930
Martin County	R	−56.7%	415	1,520	1,949
Mason County	R	−51.9%	417	1,352	1,801
Matagorda County	R	−23.2%	4,696	7,584	12,459
Maverick County	D	+30.9%	5,995	3,143	9,229
McCulloch County	R	−44.2%	794	2,084	2,920
McLennan County	R	−29.8%	23,462	43,955	68,789
McMullen County	R	−64.0%	77	358	439
Medina County	R	−35.5%	4,025	8,590	12,873
Menard County	R	−31.1%	334	642	990
Midland County	R	−60.3%	7,534	31,514	39,740
Milam County	R	−15.4%	3,429	4,706	8,269
Mills County	R	−51.4%	548	1,738	2,314
Mitchell County	R	−33.8%	837	1,708	2,574
Montague County	R	−36.8%	2,256	4,951	7,330
Montgomery County	R	−54.0%	23,286	80,600	106,213
Moore County	R	−59.8%	1,040	4,201	5,290
Morris County	D	+1.5%	2,455	2,381	4,889
Motley County	R	−61.7%	118	514	642
Nacogdoches County	R	−35.1%	6,204	13,145	19,799
Navarro County	R	−21.5%	5,366	8,358	13,890
Newton County	D	+1.6%	2,503	2,423	4,990
Nolan County	R	−27.5%	1,874	3,337	5,312
Nueces County	R	−4.7%	45,349	49,906	97,326
Ochiltree County	R	−82.2%	251	2,687	2,962
Oldham County	R	−71.2%	108	659	774
Orange County	R	−18.3%	11,887	17,325	29,654
Palo Pinto County	R	−26.6%	3,263	5,690	9,118
Panola County	R	−32.7%	3,011	5,975	9,074
Parker County	R	−44.5%	8,878	23,651	33,225
Parmer County	R	−66.6%	447	2,274	2,744
Pecos County	R	−27.0%	1,539	2,700	4,303
Polk County	R	−25.6%	6,877	11,746	18,994
Potter County	R	−40.9%	7,242	17,629	25,376
Presidio County	D	+25.4%	1,064	618	1,757
Rains County	R	−24.7%	1,225	2,049	3,333
Randall County	R	−63.9%	7,209	33,921	41,790
Reagan County	R	−53.9%	282	959	1,255
Real County	R	−55.7%	316	1,146	1,490
Red River County	R	−13.9%	2,219	2,941	5,202
Reeves County	D	+18.9%	1,872	1,273	3,176
Refugio County	R	−18.8%	1,172	1,721	2,921
Roberts County	R	−72.9%	72	472	549
Robertson County	D	+4.3%	3,283	3,007	6,369
Rockwall County	R	−56.8%	3,642	13,666	17,652
Runnels County	R	−50.7%	969	3,020	4,046
Rusk County	R	−40.7%	4,841	11,611	16,633
Sabine County	R	−22.0%	1,753	2,764	4,591
San Augustine County	R	−12.6%	1,636	2,116	3,805
San Jacinto County	R	−21.7%	2,946	4,623	7,714
San Patricio County	R	−14.8%	7,840	10,599	18,699
San Saba County	R	−46.0%	618	1,691	2,333
Schleicher County	R	−41.6%	338	826	1,173
Scurry County	R	−53.8%	1,193	4,060	5,326
Shackelford County	R	−59.5%	264	1,066	1,347
Shelby County	R	−27.4%	3,227	5,692	9,005
Sherman County	R	−73.4%	144	998	1,163
Smith County	R	−44.3%	16,470	43,320	60,624
Somervell County	R	−46.9%	752	2,120	2,918
Starr County	D	+54.3%	6,505	1,911	8,464
Stephens County	R	−49.0%	811	2,425	3,291
Sterling County	R	−58.9%	132	520	659
Stonewall County	R	−25.3%	294	496	799
Sutton County	R	−38.6%	468	1,063	1,540
Swisher County	R	−30.2%	856	1,612	2,501
Tarrant County	R	−24.0%	173,758	286,921	472,389
Taylor County	R	−49.3%	10,504	31,701	43,020
Terrell County	R	−5.0%	219	243	477
Terry County	R	−44.4%	1,108	2,910	4,054
Throckmorton County	R	−45.1%	228	608	842
Titus County	R	−24.5%	3,008	4,995	8,103
Tom Green County	R	−44.6%	9,288	24,733	34,626
Travis County	R	−5.2%	125,526	141,235	301,263
Trinity County	R	−18.0%	2,142	3,093	5,297
Tyler County	R	−20.5%	2,775	4,236	7,116
Upshur County	R	−33.3%	4,180	8,448	12,808
Upton County	R	−56.2%	266	982	1,273
Uvalde County	R	−16.9%	3,436	4,855	8,420
Val Verde County	R	−10.2%	5,056	6,223	11,474
Van Zandt County	R	−39.9%	5,245	12,383	17,891
Victoria County	R	−38.7%	8,176	18,787	27,408
Walker County	R	−28.8%	4,943	9,076	14,374
Waller County	R	−5.9%	5,046	5,686	10,858
Ward County	R	−33.0%	1,256	2,534	3,874
Washington County	R	−47.8%	2,996	8,645	11,809
Webb County	D	+16.0%	18,120	13,076	31,571
Wharton County	R	−26.9%	4,838	8,455	13,426
Wheeler County	R	−50.6%	579	1,787	2,389
Wichita County	R	−32.1%	14,108	27,802	42,713
Wilbarger County	R	−38.9%	1,356	3,138	4,577
Willacy County	D	+28.2%	3,218	1,789	5,062
Williamson County	R	−40.1%	26,591	65,041	95,935
Wilson County	R	−30.0%	3,997	7,509	11,698
Winkler County	R	−44.6%	556	1,468	2,043
Wise County	R	−39.1%	4,830	11,234	16,368
Wood County	R	−42.6%	3,893	9,810	13,884
Yoakum County	R	−56.0%	531	1,911	2,465
Young County	R	−45.7%	1,843	5,022	6,954
Zapata County	D	+26.2%	1,638	953	2,616
Zavala County	D	+55.0%	2,616	751	3,391