State &

What Are The Swing States?

Swing State Votes In 2000

Harry G. Levine, Department of Sociology, Queens College,

City University of New York, hglevine@QC.edu
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2000 total votes: 105,363,298

Gore: 50,996,582 Bush: 50,456,062 Nader: 2,858,843 Buchanan: 448.895

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SIX RAZOR THIN SWING STATES IN 2000 & 2004

State & 2000
electoral vote Winner & margin RNader PBuchanan total votes

Florida 27 Bush 537 RN 97,000 PB 17,400 5,900,000

New Hampshire 4 Bush 7,200 RN 22,000 PB 2,600 560,000

Iowa 7 Gore 4,100 RN 29,000 PB 5,700 1,300,000

New Mexico 5 Gore 366 RN 21,000 PB 1,400 590,000

Oregon 7 Gore 6,700 RN 77,000 PB 7,000 1,500,000

Wisconsin 10 Gore 5,700 RN 94,000 PB 11,400 2,600,000

Total 2000 electoral votes: 60 Total vote difference in 2000: 25,000

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NINE MORE SWING STATES TO WATCH

State & 2000
electoral vote Winner & margin RNader PBuchanan total votes

Colorado 9 Bush 145,000 RN 91,000 PB 10,400 1,700,000

Missouri 11 Bush 78,000 RN 38,000 PB 9,800 2,300,000

Nevada 5 Bush 21,000 RN 15,000 PB 4,700 600,000

Ohio 20 Bush 166,000 RN 117,000 PB 26,700 4,700,000

West Virginia 5 Bush 40,900 RN 10,680 PB 3,200 640,000

Maine 4 Gore 33,000 RN 37,000 PB 4,400 650,000

Michigan 17 Gore 217,000 RN 84,000 PB 1,800 4,200,000

Minnesota 10 Gore 58,000 RN 126,000 PB 22,000 2,400,000

Pennsylvania 21 Gore 204,000 RN 103,000 PB 16,000 4,900,000

Total 2000 electoral votes 102 Total vote difference in 2000: 963,000

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Numbers rounded for clarity. Figures from:

Federal Election Commission: http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2000presgeresults.htm

Also see: http://uspolitics.about.com/library/bl_2000_election_results.htm

Also:http://uspolitics.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.archives.gov/federal%5Fregister/electoral%5Fcollege/2000/popular%5Fvote.html

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