2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 786,426 566,039
Percentage 56.83% 40.91%
South Carolina Presidential Election Results 2000.svg
County Results
President before election

Bill Clinton
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Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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The 2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 15.92% margin of victory. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Sumter County voted for the Republican.

Primaries[]

The Republican primary was held on February 19, 2000, with 37 delegates at stake.[1] South Carolina would prove to be a crucially important state for then-Gov. George W. Bush after losing to Sen. John McCain in New Hampshire by 18 points. Bush won the South Carolina primary by an 11.5% margin, and took the lion's share of the delegates at stake.

Candidates[]

  • Governor George W. Bush of Texas
  • Former Ambassador Alan Keyes of Maryland
  • Senator John McCain of Arizona

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Results[]

2000 South Carolina Primary county Map
  George W. Bush
  John McCain
Candidate Votes[2] Percentage Delegates
George W. Bush 305,998 53.39% 34
John McCain 239,964 41.87% 3
Alan Keyes 25,996 4.54% 0
Other 1,144 0.20% 0
Total 573,101 100.00% 37

Electors[]

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[3] to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George Bush and Dick Cheney:[4]

  1. Cynthia F. Costa
  2. Danny R. Faulkner
  3. Thomas H. McLean
  4. William B. Prince
  5. Dan Richardson
  6. Douglas L. Wavle
  7. Cecil F. Windham Sr.
  8. Buddy Witherspoon

Results[]

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 786,426 56.83% 8
Democratic Al Gore 566,039 40.91% 0
United Citizens Ralph Nader 20,279 1.47% 0
Libertarian Harry Browne 4,888 0.35% 0
Reform Pat Buchanan 3,520 0.25% 0

By county[]

County Gore% Gore# Bush% Bush# Others% Others# Total
Abbeville 44.97% 3,766 53.14% 4,450 1.89% 158 8,374
Aiken 32.31% 16,409 65.38% 33,203 2.30% 1,170 50,782
Allendale 70.00% 2,338 28.95% 967 1.05% 35 3,340
Anderson 34.59% 19,606 63.21% 35,827 2.20% 1,248 56,681
Bamberg 62.17% 3,451 36.88% 2,047 0.95% 53 5,551
Barnwell 44.24% 3,661 54.63% 4,521 1.14% 94 8,276
Beaufort 39.61% 17,487 57.90% 25,561 2.49% 1,100 44,148
Berkeley 40.88% 17,707 57.24% 24,796 1.88% 813 43,316
Calhoun 48.06% 3,063 50.46% 3,216 1.47% 94 6,373
Charleston 44.42% 49,520 52.23% 58,229 3.34% 3,727 111,476
Cherokee 37.60% 6,138 60.65% 9,900 1.75% 285 16,323
Chester 50.25% 5,242 47.80% 4,986 1.96% 204 10,432
Chesterfield 48.79% 6,111 50.02% 6,266 1.19% 149 12,526
Clarendon 53.14% 5,999 45.93% 5,186 0.93% 105 11,290
Colleton 48.16% 6,449 50.54% 6,767 1.30% 174 13,390
Darlington 46.90% 10,253 51.64% 11,290 1.46% 320 21,863
Dillon 54.84% 4,930 44.22% 3,975 0.95% 85 8,990
Dorchester 36.17% 12,168 61.63% 20,734 2.20% 739 33,641
Edgefield 44.71% 3,950 53.88% 4,760 1.40% 124 8,834
Fairfield 62.67% 5,263 35.85% 3,011 1.48% 124 8,398
Florence 41.41% 17,157 57.14% 23,678 1.45% 602 41,437
Georgetown 46.41% 9,445 51.77% 10,535 1.82% 371 20,351
Greenville 31.23% 43,810 66.09% 92,714 2.69% 3,769 140,293
Greenwood 39.02% 8,139 58.45% 12,193 2.53% 528 20,860
Hampton 63.10% 4,896 36.06% 2,798 0.84% 65 7,759
Horry 40.85% 29,113 56.55% 40,300 2.60% 1,852 71,265
Jasper 56.36% 3,646 37.32% 2,414 6.32% 409 6,469
Kershaw 37.75% 7,428 60.53% 11,911 1.72% 338 19,677
Lancaster 42.41% 8,782 56.39% 11,676 1.19% 247 20,705
Laurens 38.80% 7,920 59.29% 12,102 1.90% 388 20,410
Lee 58.70% 3,899 40.27% 2,675 1.02% 68 6,642
Lexington 27.48% 22,830 69.93% 58,095 2.60% 2,156 83,081
McCormick 51.79% 1,896 46.54% 1,704 1.67% 61 3,661
Marion 60.56% 7,358 38.58% 4,687 0.86% 104 12,149
Marlboro 64.19% 5,060 34.24% 2,699 1.57% 124 7,883
Newberry 35.79% 4,428 60.56% 7,492 3.65% 452 12,372
Oconee 32.11% 7,571 65.17% 15,364 2.71% 640 23,575
Orangeburg 60.49% 19,802 38.67% 12,657 0.84% 275 32,734
Pickens 25.81% 8,927 71.37% 24,681 2.82% 974 34,582
Richland 54.32% 62,701 43.04% 49,675 2.64% 3,045 115,421
Saluda 38.92% 2,682 59.47% 4,098 1.61% 111 6,891
Spartanburg 35.38% 29,559 62.37% 52,114 2.25% 1,880 83,553
Sumter 46.83% 14,365 51.89% 15,915 1.28% 392 30,672
Union 44.03% 4,662 54.47% 5,768 1.50% 159 10,589
Williamsburg 59.33% 6,723 39.93% 4,524 0.74% 84 11,331
York 35.42% 19,251 62.14% 33,776 2.44% 1,324 54,351

By congressional district[]

Bush won 5 of 6 congressional districts including a district won by a Democratic representative

District Bush Gore Representative
1st 59% 38% Mark Sanford
Henry E. Brown Jr.
2nd 58% 39% Floyd Spence
3rd 63% 35% Lindsey Graham
4th 64% 33% Jim DeMint
5th 56% 42% John Spratt
6th 36% 63% Jim Clyburn

See also[]

  • 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries
  • South Carolina primary

References[]

  1. ^ "2000 Republican Presidential Primary Results - South Carolina". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "FEC 2000 Republican Presidential Primary Results - South Carolina". Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  3. ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2011-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html
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