Bonus List

COUNTIES WITH THE SMALLEST MARGINS BETWEEN BUSH VOTES AND GORE VOTES IN 2000
In no county was the presidential vote tied in 2000. However, Gore only beat Bush by one vote in Clay County, Missouri, on the outskirts of Kansas City.

In all of these counties, the winner got less than 50 percent of the vote, due to third-party candidates (including Nader).

COUNTY

1. Clay, Missouri
2. Cedar, Iowa
3. Nelson, Virginia
4. Tillamook, Oregon
5. Summers, West Virginia
6. Colbert, Alabama
7. St. Joseph, Indiana
8. Tama, Iowa
9. Saline, Missouri
10. Westmoreland, Virginia

DIFFERENCE IN
VOTE % BETWEEN
BUSH & GORE
0.0012%
0.0240%
0.0977%
0.1054%
0.1061%
0.1162%
0.1263%
0.1325%
0.1390%
0.1659%

TOTAL VOTE
DIFFERENCE

1
2
6
13
5
25
122
11
13
10

WINNER

Gore
Gore
Bush
Bush
Bush
Gore
Gore
Gore
Gore
Bush

Of these counties, St. Joseph County, Indiana (South Bend/Notre Dame University) is the most populous with 265,559 people (in 2000). Summers County, West Virginia is the least populous with a (2000) population of 12,999.

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