2001 United States Electoral College vote count

2001 United States Electoral College vote count

January 6, 2001

538 members of the Electoral College
270 electoral votes needed to win
 
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Undervote
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 271 266 1
States carried 30 20 + DC 0

Objections made to the electoral college votes of the 2000 U.S. presidential election.
  No objections
  Objection(s) attempted

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

The count of the Electoral College ballots during a joint session of the 107th United States Congress, pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, on January 6, 2001, was held as the final step to confirm then President-elect George W. Bush's victory in the 2000 presidential election over incumbent Vice President Al Gore.

This event was notable in that Gore, who had narrowly failed to secure the deciding state of Florida after a series of controversial recount proceedings, presided over the certification of his own election loss in his role as President of the Senate. Multiple Democratic representatives attempted to object to the certification of Bush's Florida electoral votes throughout the session, however no senator from either party signed onto the objections.

Gore was the last incumbent vice president until Democrat Kamala Harris in 2025 to have presided over an electoral vote count in which they were a losing presidential candidate on the ballot.