The American Vote
Candidate

Ralph Nader

Green

Elections
1
Won
0
Electoral votes, all elections
0
Years
2000

Record

Ralph Nader: result of each presidential election
YearElectoral votesPopular voteResult
2000
0
of 538
Not computed
minor-party votes not named in every state
Lost

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 2000 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

2000Green · Lost

States carried · 0 of 51

None.

Closest states won

None among the sourced states.

Closest states lost
  1. OregonGore by 642,985 · 41.9 pts
  2. MinnesotaGore by 1,041,570 · 42.7 pts
  3. MaineGore by 282,824 · 43.4 pts

Margins computed for 38 of 51 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Nader.

SourceMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

From the National Archives

George W. Bush received fewer popular votes than Albert Gore Jr., but received a majority of electoral votes. An elector from the District of Columbia "cast a blank ballot", effectively abstaining, so DC cast only 2 of its 3 electoral votes for a candidate for both President and Vice President.

National Archives, Electoral College results for 2000, archives.gov, read October 3, 2026. Quoted as published.

Stories from these elections