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How many electoral votes did George W. Bush and Al Gore receive in the 2000 election?
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Electoral College
A certificate from Alabama showing the signatures of the state's electors in 2000. The nine electors voted for George W. Bush and his running mate Dick Cheney.
In the United States presidential election of 2000, Republican candidate George W. Bush received 271 electoral votes, while Democratic candidate Al Gore received 266 electoral votes.1
The final tally for Al Gore reflects that one elector from Washington, D.C., abstained from casting a vote. Bush’s victory was secured after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore, which effectively awarded Florida's 25 electoral votes to him, allowing him to surpass the 270-vote threshold required to win the presidency.12