#voters | Percent of total | Their Vote |
---|---|---|
2,912,790 | 48.992% | Bush (Republican Party) |
2,912,253 | 48.983% | Gore (Democratic Party) |
97,488 | 1.640% | Nader (Green Party) |
17,484 | 0.294% | Buchanan (Reform Party) |
2,281 | 0.038% | Hagelin (Natural Law Party) |
1,804 | 0.030% | Moorehead (Workers World Party) |
1,371 | 0.023% | Phillips (Taxpayer's/Constitution Party) |
5,945,471 | (Total) |
The difference between Bush & Gore's totals was 537.
The question of how Florida's Nader and Buchanan voters would have voted if they had not run, was studied by Michael C. Herron & Jeffrey B. Lewis Did Ralph Nader Spoil a Gore Presidency? A Ballot-Level Study of Green and Reform Party Voters in the 2000 Presidential Election, 24 April 2006. They apparently estimated that Buchanan voters would split about 57/43 for Bush/Gore, while Nader voters would have split 40/60.
Voter News Service in a nationwide (not just Florida) exit poll of 13225 voters found 521 Nader voters of whom 264 told VNS who their "second choice" would have been:
47% of the Nader voters said they would choose Gore in a two-man race, 21% Bush, and 32% would not vote.