This is a revision of the United States presidential election of 2000.
The election was between Republican George W. Bush, then governor of Texas, and Democrat Al Gore, then Vice President of the US. In the current timeline, Gore officially wins the popular vote narrowly, with Bush winning the Electoral College vote narrowly, in a race being deemed “too close to call”. In this revised version of history, Bush wins the popular vote handily as well as winning the Electoral vote even more handily! In this revision, Bush has 53.6% of the popular vote compared to Gore’s 45.1%, for a victory margin of more than 8 percentage points in favor of Bush.
As a side note, the 2000 Republican primary of this revised history has John McCain and Alan Keyes competing against Bush, as is true in the current timeline. However, the race is a lot tighter in revised history, although Bush comes out on top in the end, over McCain due to Bush’s name recognition since his father was a former president, and over Keyes, who comes in 3rd behind Bush and McCain. In my revised history, Keyes is by then a two-term Senator from Maryland who declines to seek a third term and instead aims for the Presidency. Keyes is still behind Bush and McCain in 2000 because he’s new to politics at the presidential level at that time, and he’s just getting his feet wet over it. Nevertheless, the 2000 primary sees Keyes winning Delaware, Virginia, and of course Maryland.
The background to this election involves the aftermath of President Bill Clinton’s impeachment over the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal, and even more so Al Gore’s controversial stances, especially the one on the global warming hoax. If it were not for Clinton’s decent economic record working with the Republicans in Congress, Bush would win the popular vote by a landslide.
The revised election below is organized state-by-state in alphabetical order, for a total of 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
George W. Bush (R): 935,140 (61.3%)
Al Gore (D): 569,195 (37.3%)
Other: 20,431 (1.3%)
Total: 1,524,766
Bush: 143,833 (64.7%)
Gore: 75,171 (33.8%)
Other: 3,132 (1.4%)
Total: 222,136
Bush: 601,157 (55.8%)
Gore: 462,204 (42.9%)
Other: 13,788 (1.3%)
Total: 1,077,149
Bush: 612,131 (56.2%)
Gore: 463,157 (42.5%)
Other: 14,494 (1.3%)
Total: 1,089,782
Gore: 5,480,303 (50.5%)
Bush: 5,232,826 (48.2%)
Other: 141,105 (1.3%)
Total: 10,854,234
Bush: 761,186 (56.4%)
Gore: 570,721 (42.3%)
Other: 16,996 (1.3%)
Total: 1,348,903
Gore: 755,529 (51%)
Bush: 707,382 (47.7%)
Other: 18,518 (1.3%)
Total: 1,481,429
Bush: 141,810 (51.2%)
Gore: 131,611 (47.5%)
Other: 3,714 (1.3%)
Total: 277,135
Gore: 187,837 (83.4%)
Bush: 34,509 (15.3%)
Other: 2,906 (1.3%)
Total: 225,252
Bush: 2,393,891 (54.5%)
Gore: 1,942,620 (44.2%)
Other: 57,562 (1.3%)
Total: 4,394,073
Bush: 1,213,248 (59.5%)
Gore: 799,320 (39.2%)
Other: 25,476 (1.3%)
Total: 2,038,044
Gore: 207,456 (55.5%)
Bush: 161,868 (43.3%)
Other: 4,679 (1.3%)
Total: 374,003
Bush: 384,121 (70.5%)
Gore: 153,474 (28.2%)
Other: 7,026 (1.3%)
Total: 544,621
Gore: 3,127,067 (50.8%)
Bush: 2,947,323 (47.9%)
Other: 81,254 (1.3%)
Total: 6,155,644
Bush: 1,559,454 (61.7%)
Gore: 935,368 (37%)
Other: 33,885 (1.3%)
Total: 2,528,707
Bush: 804,401 (53.1%)
Gore: 690,742 (45.6%)
Other: 20,307 (1.3%)
Total: 1,515,450
Bush: 741,615 (66.9%)
Gore: 351,478 (31.7%)
Other: 14,622 (1.3%)
Total: 1,107,715
Bush: 956,260 (61.4%)
Gore: 581,455 (37.3%)
Other: 20,727 (1.3%)
Total: 1,558,442
Bush: 1,086,245 (57.4%)
Gore: 781,809 (41.3%)
Other: 24,029 (1.3%)
Total: 1,892,083
Gore: 322,918 (49.7%)
Bush: 318,497 (49%)
Other: 8,712 (1.3%)
Total: 650,127
Gore: 935,235 (49.9%)
Bush: 914,073 (48.8%)
Other: 23,409 (1.3%)
Total: 1,872,717
Gore: 1,631,271 (52.7%)
Bush: 1,425,040 (46%)
Other: 40,255 (1.3%)
Total: 3,096,566
Bush: 2,411,606 (50.3%)
Gore: 2,324,295 (48.4%)
Other: 61,406 (1.3%)
Total: 4,797,307
Gore: 1,173,504 (50.7%)
Bush: 1,110,792 (48%)
Other: 29,853 (1.3%)
Total: 2,314,149
Bush: 706,201 (62.5%)
Gore: 409,615 (36.2%)
Other: 14,468 (1.3%)
Total: 1,130,284
Bush: 1,417,500 (55.3%)
Gore: 1,110,639 (43.4%)
Other: 33,299 (1.3%)
Total: 2,561,438
Bush: 283,559 (63.3%)
Gore: 158,131 (35.3%)
Other: 6,271 (1.4%)
Total: 447,961
Bush: 541,748 (68.2%)
Gore: 242,163 (30.5%)
Other: 10,325 (1.3%)
Total: 794,236
Bush: 192,346 (55.4%)
Gore: 150,212 (43.3%)
Other: 4,512 (1.3%)
Total: 347,070
Bush: 255,756 (53.1%)
Gore: 219,487 (45.6%)
Other: 6,406 (1.3%)
Total: 481,649
Bush: 1,912,916 (50.4%)
Gore: 1,832,485 (48.3%)
Other: 48,563 (1.3%)
Total: 3,793,964
Bush: 314,569 (52.7%)
Gore: 274,225 (45.9%)
Other: 7,997 (1.3%)
Total: 596,791
Gore: 4,810,495 (51.4%)
Bush: 4,435,918 (47.4%)
Other: 117,991 (1.3%)
Total: 9,364,404
Bush: 1,562,628 (59.9%)
Gore: 1,013,400 (38.8%)
Other: 33,136 (1.3%)
Total: 2,609,164
Bush: 242,303 (65.5%)
Gore: 122,741 (33.2%)
Other: 4,771 (1.3%)
Total: 369,815
Bush: 2,882,584 (54.7%)
Gore: 2,318,395 (44%)
Other: 66,902 (1.3%)
Total: 5,267,881
Bush: 809,265 (65.2%)
Gore: 416,865 (33.6%)
Other: 15,646 (1.3%)
Total: 1,241,776
Bush: 624,427 (52%)
Gore: 560,050 (46.7%)
Other: 15,844 (1.3%)
Total: 1,200,321
Bush: 3,036,968 (51.3%)
Gore: 2,808,998 (47.4%)
Other: 75,199 (1.3%)
Total: 5,921,165
Gore: 303,184 (59.9%)
Bush: 196,137 (38.8%)
Other: 6,577 (1.3%)
Total: 505,898
Bush: 724,331 (61.7%)
Gore: 435,021 (37%)
Other: 14,794 (1.3%)
Total: 1,174,146
Bush: 256,673 (65.2%)
Gore: 131,961 (33.5%)
Other: 5,278 (1.3%)
Total: 393,912
Bush: 1,098,301 (56%)
Gore: 837,698 (42.7%)
Other: 24,903 (1.3%)
Total: 1,960,902
Bush: 3,968,658 (63.2%)
Gore: 2,231,898 (35.5%)
Other: 82,942 (1.3%)
Total: 6,283,498
Bush: 523,551 (71.7%)
Gore: 197,035 (27%)
Other: 9,713 (1.3%)
Total: 730,299
Gore: 133,859 (52.2%)
Bush: 119,465 (46.6%)
Other: 3,259 (1.3%)
Total: 256,583
Bush: 1,323,080 (57.3%)
Gore: 954,981 (41.4%)
Other: 29,771 (1.3%)
Total: 2,307,832
Bush: 994,913 (50.4%)
Gore: 952,415 (48.3%)
Other: 25,849 (1.3%)
Total: 1,973,177
Bush: 559,335 (56.8%)
Gore: 413,048 (41.9%)
Other: 12,708 (1.3%)
Total: 985,091
Bush: 1,352,529 (52.5%)
Gore: 1,192,710 (46.3%)
Other: 32,479 (1.3%)
Total: 2,577,718
Bush: 151,676 (72.7%)
Gore: 54,105 (25.9%)
Other: 2,795 (1.3%)
Total: 208,576
Bush: 58,085,745 (53.6%)
Gore: 48,939,556 (45.1%)
Other: 1,400,684 (1.3%)
Total: 108,425,985
