County

Voting System

Bush (R)

Gore (D)

Total presidential Vote**

All ballots cast

Blank or spoiled ballots

Number

Percentage

Alachua

Optical (precinct)

34,124

47,365

85,729

86,144

415

0.48%

Baker

Punch card (central)

5,610

2,392

8,160

8,300

140

1.69%

Bay

Optical (precinct)

38,637

18,850

58,857

59,520

663

1.11%

Bradford

Optical (central)

5,414

3,075

8,673

9,414

741

7.87%

Brevard

Optical (precinct)

115,185

97,318

218,395

218,989

594

0.27%

Broward*

Punch card (central)

177,279

386,518

573,306

587,928

14,622

2.49%

Calhoun

Optical (precinct)

2,873

2,155

5,178

5,256

78

1.48%

Charlotte

Optical (central)

35,426

29,645

66,896

70,100

3,204

4.57%

Citrus

Optical (precinct)

29,766

25,525

57,251

57,468

217

0.38%

Clay

Optical (precinct)

41,736

14,632

57,353

57,764

411

0.71%

Collier

Punch card (central)

60,433

29,918

92,141

95,325

3,184

3.34%

Columbia

Punch card (central)

10,964

7,047

18,513

19,206

693

3.61%

DeSoto

Punch card (central)

4,256

3,320

7,811

8,512

701

8.24%

Dixie

Punch card (central)

2,697

1,826

4,666

4,998

332

6.64%

Duval

Punch card (central)

152,098

107,864

264,717

291,626

26,909

9.23%

Escambia

Optical (precinct)

73,017

40,943

116,769

121,141

4,372

3.61%

Flagler

Optical (precinct)

12,613

13,897

27,111

27,194

83

0.31%

Franklin

Optical (central)

2,454

2,046

4,651

5,070

419

8.26%

Gadsden

Optical (central)

4,767

9,735

14,727

16,812

2,085

12.40%

Gilchrist

Punch card (central)

3,300

1,910

5,395

5,688

293

5.15%

Glades

Punch card (central)

1,841

1,442

3,365

3,722

357

9.59%

Gulf

Optical (central)

3,550

2,397

6,144

6,565

421

6.41%

Hamilton

Optical (central)

2,146

1,722

3,964

4,353

389

8.94%

Hardee

Punch card (central)

3,765

2,339

6,233

6,645

412

6.20%

Hendry

Optical (central)

4,747

3,240

8,139

8,949

810

9.05%

Hernando

Optical (precinct)

30,646

32,644

65,219

65,500

281

0.43%

Highlands

Punch card (central)

20,206

14,167

35,149

36,158

1,009

2.79%

Hillsborough

Punch card (central)

180,760

169,557

360,295

369,467

9,172

2.48%

Holmes

Optical (precinct)

5,011

2,177

7,400

7,539

139

1.84%

Indian River

Punch card (central)

28,627

19,767

49,614

51,559

1,945

3.77%

Jackson

Optical (central)

9,138

6,868

16,300

17,470

1,170

6.70%

Jefferson

Punch card (central)

2,478

3,041

5,643

6,214

571

9.19%

Lafayette

Optical (central)

1,670

789

2,505

2,679

174

6.49%

Lake

Optical (central)

50,010

36,571

88,611

91,989

3,378

3.67%

Lee

Punch card (central)

106,141

73,560

184,377

188,978

4,601

2.43%

Leon

Optical (precinct)

39,053

61,425

103,196

103,377

181

0.18%

Levy

Optical (central)

6,858

5,398

12,724

13,490

766

5.68%

Liberty

Optical (central)

1,317

1,017

2,410

2,598

188

7.24%

Madison

Punch card (central)

3,038

3,014

6,162

6,642

480

7.23%

Manatee

Optical (precinct)

57,952

49,177

110,221

111,676

1,455

1.30%

Marion

Punch card (central)

55,141

44,665

102,656

106,001

3,345

3.16%

Martin

Lever machine

33,970

26,620

62,013

62,570

557

0.89%

Miami-Dade*

Punch card (central)

289,492

328,764

625,362

653,963

28,601

4.37%

Monroe

Optical (precinct)

16,059

16,483

33,887

34,095

208

0.61%

Nassau

Punch card (central)

16,404

6,952

23,782

25,387

1,605

6.32%

Okaloosa

Optical (precinct)

52,093

16,948

70,747

71,512

765

1.07%

Okeechobee

Optical (central)

5,057

4,588

9,864

10,722

858

8.00%

Orange

Optical (precinct)

134,517

140,220

280,125

282,529

2,404

0.85%

Osceola

Punch card (central)

26,212

28,181

55,658

57,341

1,683

2.94%

Palm Beach*

Punch card (central)

152,846

268,945

432,286

461,988

29,702

6.43%

Pasco

Punch card (central)

68,582

69,564

142,731

146,648

3,917

2.67%

Pinellas

Punch card (central)

184,823

200,629

398,469

406,956

8,487

2.09%

Polk

Optical (central)

90,295

75,200

168,607

169,582

975

0.57%

Putnam

Optical (precinct)

13,447

12,102

26,248

26,416

168

0.64%

Santa Rosa

Optical (precinct)

36,274

12,802

50,319

50,684

365

0.72%

Sarasota

Punch card (central)

83,100

72,853

160,942

163,749

2,807

1.71%

Seminole

Optical (precinct)

75,677

59,174

137,634

137,970

336

0.24%

St. Johns

Optical (precinct)

39,546

19,502

60,781

61,313

532

0.87%

St. Lucie

Optical (precinct)

34,705

41,559

78,060

78,709

649

0.82%

Sumter

Punch card (central)

12,127

9,637

22,261

23,032

771

3.35%

Suwannee

Optical (central)

8,006

4,075

12,457

13,189

732

5.55%

Taylor

Optical (central)

4,056

2,649

6,808

7,413

605

8.16%

Union

Paper/hand

2,332

1,407

3,826

4,084

258

6.32%

Volusia

Optical (precinct)

82,357

97,304

183,653

184,153

500

0.27%

Wakulla

Punch card (central)

4,512

3,838

8,595

9,017

422

4.68%

Walton

Optical (precinct)

12,182

5,642

18,318

18,537

219

1.18%

Washington

Optical (precinct)

4,994

2,798

8,024

8,353

329

3.94%

TOTALS

2,910,409

2,909,394

5,958,083

6,137,938

179,855

2.93%

*Uncertified figures from three countes result in unofficial statewide totals

**Includes all 10 presidential candidates on Florida ballot, plus valid write-ins

Voting method key:

Optical (precinct) means marked ballots are tabulated by machines at precinct level

Optical (central) means marked ballots are tabulated by machine at a central elections office

Punch card (central) means Punch card ballots are tabulated centrally

SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel survey of all 67 county elections supervisors in Florida (11/14/00)