George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election, with 271 electoral votes of the required 270.

This map shows the vote by state.

Texas Governor George W. Bush won the popular vote in the 30 states marked in red.

Vice President Al Gore won the popular vote in the states marked in blue.

Although Bush won the popular vote in 60% of the 50 states, and therefore barely enough to win the election, Gore, winning the popular vote in 40% of the states, won a slim plurality of the popular vote nation-wide. This was one of the closest elections in history.

In the very close popular vote in Florida, that narrowly determined Governor George Bush's victory and won for him the Presidency.

George Bush won 51 (77%) of Florida's 67 counties - colored gray, and Al Gore won 16 (23%) of the counties (primarily the population centers) - colored blue.

This 80-20% result was similar to the nation-wide by-county data.