Al Gore led the popular vote with 48.3% (50,996,062 votes), ahead of George W. Bush with 47.8% (50,456,169 votes). Presidents are chosen by the Electoral College, so the popular vote winner is not always the winner of the election.
The margin between the first two candidates was 0.5 percentage points (539,893 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 0.5 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 8.0 points toward Republicans.
105,590,493 votes were counted in this race, for 15 candidates or options.
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