2000 United States presidential election

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2000 United States presidential election
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550 members of the Electoral College
Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout55.2% ▲ 7.2 pp
 
Nominee John McCain Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Progressive (FL)
Home state Arizona Tennessee
Running mate Elizabeth Dole Paul Wellstone
Electoral vote 276 274
Popular vote 51,938,526 51,937,989
Percentage 48.350% 48.349%
President before election

Ralph Nader
Progressive

Elected President

John McCain
Republican

The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican Arizona Senator John McCain narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore by 537 votes, a margin of 0.009%.

The Democratic primaries were marked by a sharp contest between McCain and the initial front-runner, Texas governor George W. Bush, son of George H.W. Bush.

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