| Turnout (% of VAP) | Competitiveness | Change in | ||||||
| State | 1996 | 2000 | 1996 | 2000 | Turnout | Comp. | ||
| Alabama | 47.7% | 50.0% | 93.0% | 85.1% | 2.3% | -8.0% | ||
| Alaska | 56.9% | 66.4% | 82.5% | 69.0% | 9.6% | -13.4% | ||
| Arizona | 44.7% | 42.3% | 97.8% | 93.7% | -2.4% | -4.1% | ||
| Arkansas | 47.2% | 47.8% | 83.1% | 94.6% | 0.6% | 11.5% | ||
| California | 43.9% | 44.1% | 87.1% | 88.2% | 0.2% | 1.1% | ||
| Colorado | 52.8% | 56.8% | 98.6% | 91.6% | 4.0% | -7.0% | ||
| Connecticut | 56.2% | 58.4% | 81.9% | 82.5% | 2.2% | 0.7% | ||
| Delaware | 49.4% | 56.3% | 84.8% | 86.9% | 6.9% | 2.2% | ||
| Dist. of Columbia | 44.0% | 49.1% | 24.1% | 23.8% | 5.1% | -0.3% | ||
| Florida | 48.0% | 50.6% | 94.3% | 100.0% | 2.6% | 5.7% | ||
| Georgia | 42.4% | 43.8% | 98.8% | 88.3% | 1.4% | -10.5% | ||
| Hawaii | 40.5% | 40.5% | 74.7% | 81.7% | 0.0% | 7.0% | ||
| Idaho | 57.0% | 54.5% | 81.5% | 60.5% | -2.6% | -21.0% | ||
| Illinois | 49.3% | 52.8% | 82.5% | 88.0% | 3.5% | 5.5% | ||
| Indiana | 48.8% | 49.0% | 94.4% | 84.4% | 0.2% | -10.1% | ||
| Iowa | 57.7% | 60.7% | 89.7% | 99.7% | 3.0% | 10.0% | ||
| Kansas | 56.1% | 54.1% | 81.8% | 79.2% | -2.0% | -2.6% | ||
| Kentucky | 47.4% | 51.6% | 99.0% | 84.9% | 4.2% | -14.2% | ||
| Louisiana | 57.0% | 54.2% | 87.9% | 92.3% | -2.7% | 4.4% | ||
| Maine | 71.9% | 67.3% | 79.1% | 94.9% | -4.6% | 15.7% | ||
| Maryland | 46.6% | 51.6% | 84.0% | 83.6% | 4.9% | -0.4% | ||
| Massachusetts | 55.0% | 57.6% | 66.6% | 72.7% | 2.6% | 6.1% | ||
| Michigan | 54.4% | 57.5% | 86.8% | 94.9% | 3.1% | 8.1% | ||
| Minnesota | 64.1% | 68.8% | 83.9% | 97.6% | 4.7% | 13.7% | ||
| Mississippi | 45.4% | 48.6% | 94.9% | 83.1% | 3.1% | -11.8% | ||
| Missouri | 54.0% | 57.5% | 93.7% | 96.7% | 3.5% | 3.0% | ||
| Montana | 62.1% | 61.5% | 97.1% | 74.9% | -0.5% | -22.2% | ||
| Nebraska | 55.9% | 56.5% | 81.3% | 71.0% | 0.5% | -10.3% | ||
| Nevada | 38.3% | 43.8% | 99.0% | 96.5% | 5.5% | -2.5% | ||
| New Hampshire | 57.3% | 62.5% | 90.0% | 98.7% | 5.2% | 8.7% | ||
| New Jersey | 51.0% | 51.0% | 82.1% | 84.2% | 0.1% | 2.0% | ||
| New Mexico | 45.4% | 47.4% | 92.7% | 99.9% | 2.0% | 7.3% | ||
| New York | 47.5% | 50.4% | 71.1% | 75.0% | 2.9% | 3.9% | ||
| North Carolina | 45.6% | 50.3% | 95.3% | 87.2% | 4.7% | -8.1% | ||
| North Dakota | 56.0% | 60.4% | 93.2% | 72.4% | 4.5% | -20.8% | ||
| Ohio | 54.3% | 55.8% | 93.6% | 96.5% | 1.4% | 2.9% | ||
| Oklahoma | 49.7% | 48.8% | 92.2% | 78.1% | -1.0% | -14.1% | ||
| Oregon | 57.1% | 60.6% | 91.9% | 99.6% | 3.5% | 7.7% | ||
| Pennsylvania | 49.0% | 53.7% | 90.8% | 95.8% | 4.7% | 5.0% | ||
| Rhode Island | 52.0% | 54.3% | 67.1% | 70.9% | 2.3% | 3.8% | ||
| South Carolina | 41.6% | 46.6% | 94.2% | 84.1% | 5.0% | -10.1% | ||
| South Dakota | 60.5% | 58.2% | 96.5% | 77.3% | -2.3% | -19.3% | ||
| Tennessee | 46.9% | 49.2% | 97.6% | 96.1% | 2.2% | -1.5% | ||
| Texas | 41.3% | 43.1% | 95.1% | 78.7% | 1.9% | -16.4% | ||
| Utah | 49.9% | 52.6% | 78.9% | 59.5% | 2.7% | -19.4% | ||
| Vermont | 58.1% | 64.0% | 77.7% | 90.1% | 5.9% | 12.3% | ||
| Virginia | 47.5% | 53.0% | 98.0% | 92.0% | 5.5% | -6.1% | ||
| Washington | 54.8% | 56.9% | 87.5% | 94.4% | 2.2% | 7.0% | ||
| West Virginia | 44.9% | 45.8% | 85.3% | 93.7% | 0.9% | 8.4% | ||
| Wisconsin | 57.4% | 66.1% | 89.7% | 99.8% | 8.7% | 10.1% | ||
| Wyoming | 59.4% | 59.7% | 87.0% | 59.9% | 0.3% | -27.1% | ||
| Notes and Sources | ||||||||
| 1. Voter turnout is expressed as a percentage of the Voting Age Population (VAP). | ||||||||
| 2. Competitiveness is defined as 100% - Margin of Victory, which is simply the difference | ||||||||
| between the winning percentage in the state and the runner up's percentage. | ||||||||
| For example, a 55%-45% state has a 10% Margin of Victory, which corresponds to a 90% competitiveness rating. | ||||||||
| A state won by a 100%-0% margin would have a 0% competitiveness, and a 50-50 state is 100% competitive. | ||||||||
| 3. Sources | ||||||||
| Turnout | http://www.fec.gov/pages/2000turnout/reg&to00.htm | |||||||
| Presidential Results | http://www.uselectionatlas.org/ | |||||||