List of 2000 swing states
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While the swing state
of Florida
, USA, received much press with regard to the outcome of the 2000 U.S. presidential election
, several other states had similarly close outcomes and could have changed the outcome of the election. The following is a list of the states with the lowest margins of victory (less than 5%) in 2000, sorted by the margin percentages and color-coded for George W. Bush or Al Gore:
Swing state
In United States presidential politics, a swing state is a state in which no single candidate or party has overwhelming support in securing that state's electoral college votes...
of Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, USA, received much press with regard to the outcome of the 2000 U.S. presidential election
United States presidential election, 2000
The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush , and Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President....
, several other states had similarly close outcomes and could have changed the outcome of the election. The following is a list of the states with the lowest margins of victory (less than 5%) in 2000, sorted by the margin percentages and color-coded for George W. Bush or Al Gore:
- Tennessee- 3.86% 80,229 votes
- Nevada- 3.55% 21,597 votes
- Ohio- 3.51% 165,019 votes
- Missouri- 3.34% 78,786 votes
- New Hampshire- 1.27% 7,211 votes
- Florida- 0.01% 537 votes
- New Mexico- 0.06% 366 votes
- Wisconsin- 0.22% 5,708 votes
- Iowa- 0.31% 4,144 votes
- Oregon- 0.44% 6,765 votes
- Minnesota- 2.40% 58,607 votes
- Pennsylvania- 4.17% 204,840 votes