<P> Though Gore came in second in the electoral vote, he received 547,398 more popular votes than Bush, making him the first person since Grover Cleveland in 1888 to win the popular vote but lose in the Electoral College . Gore failed to win the popular vote in his home state, Tennessee, which both he and his father had represented in the Senate, making him the first major - party presidential candidate to have lost his home state since George McGovern lost South Dakota in 1972 . Furthermore, Gore lost West Virginia, a state that had voted Republican only once in the previous six presidential elections, and Bill Clinton's home state of Arkansas, which had voted twice before to elect Gore vice president . A victory in any of these three states would have given Gore enough electoral votes to win the presidency . </P> <P> Bush is also the first Republican in American history to win the presidency without winning Vermont or Illinois, the second Republican to win the presidency without winning California (James A. Garfield in 1880 was the first) or Pennsylvania (Richard Nixon in 1968 was the first), and the first winning Republican not to receive any electoral votes from California (Garfield received one vote in 1880). Bush also lost in Connecticut, the state of his birth . This election marks the last time a Republican won the presidency without winning Iowa . As of 2016, Bush is the last Republican nominee to win New Hampshire, while Gore is the last losing candidate to win Iowa . There were only two counties in the entire nation that voted Democratic in 2000 and that had voted Republican in 1996 . Those were Charles County, Maryland; and Orange County Florida, both rapidly diversifying counties . The 2000 election was also the last time a Republican won a number of populous urban counties that have since turned into Democratic strongholds . These include Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Charlotte); Marion County, Indiana (Indianapolis), Fairfax County, Virginia (DC Suburbs), and Travis County, Texas (Austin). In 2016, the most recent Presidential Election, Republican Donald Trump lost Mecklenburg by 30%, Marion by 23%, Fairfax by 36%, and Travis by 38% . Conversely, as of 2017 Gore is the last Democrat to have won any counties at all in Oklahoma . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Presidential candidate </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Home state </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Popular vote </Th> <Th> Electoral vote </Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Running mate </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Count </Th> <Th> Percentage </Th> <Th> Vice-presidential candidate </Th> <Th> Home state </Th> <Th> Electoral vote </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Walker Bush </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> Texas </Td> <Td> 50,462,412 </Td> <Td> 47.87% </Td> <Td> 271 </Td> <Td> Richard Bruce Cheney </Td> <Td> Wyoming </Td> <Td> 271 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Albert Arnold Gore, Jr . </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> Tennessee </Td> <Td> 50,999,897 </Td> <Td> 48.38% </Td> <Td> 266 </Td> <Td> Joseph Isadore Lieberman </Td> <Td> Connecticut </Td> <Td> 266 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ralph Nader </Td> <Td> Green </Td> <Td> Connecticut </Td> <Td> 2,882,955 </Td> <Td> 2.74% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Winona LaDuke </Td> <Td> Minnesota </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pat Buchanan </Td> <Td> Reform </Td> <Td> Virginia </Td> <Td> 448,895 </Td> <Td> 0.43% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Ezola B. Foster </Td> <Td> California </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harry Browne </Td> <Td> Libertarian </Td> <Td> Tennessee </Td> <Td> 384,431 </Td> <Td> 0.36% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Art Olivier </Td> <Td> California </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Howard Phillips </Td> <Td> Constitution </Td> <Td> Virginia </Td> <Td> 98,020 </Td> <Td> 0.09% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Curtis Frazier </Td> <Td> Missouri </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Hagelin </Td> <Td> Natural Law </Td> <Td> Iowa </Td> <Td> 83,714 </Td> <Td> 0.08% </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Nat Goldhaber </Td> <Td> California </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Other </Td> <Td> 51,186 </Td> <Td> 0.05% </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Other </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (abstention) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> (abstention) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Total </Th> <Td> 105,421,423 </Td> <Td> 100% </Td> <Td> 538 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td> 538 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="5"> Needed to win </Th> <Td> 270 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td> 270 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Presidential candidate </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Home state </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Popular vote </Th> <Th> Electoral vote </Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Running mate </Th> </Tr>

Who received the most electoral votes in the 2000 presidential election