2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
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Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote80
Popular vote786,426566,039
Percentage56.83%40.91%

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County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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.

Contents

South Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 15.92% margin of victory. As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which Sumter County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.

Primaries

Republican primary

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-Texas Governor George W. Bush after losing to Arizona Senator 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

Withdrawn

Results

2000 South Carolina Primary county Map
George W. Bush
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2000 South Carolina Primary county Map
CandidateVotes [2] PercentageDelegates
George W. Bush 305,99853.39%34
John McCain 239,96441.87%3
Alan Keyes 25,9964.54%0
Other1,1440.20%0
Total573,101100.00%37

Democratic Caucuses

The Democratic caucuses were held on March 7, with 43 delegates at stake. As the only major candidate left in the race, Vice President Al Gore easily won all the delegates.

Candidates

Withdrawn

Results

CandidateVotes [3] PercentageDelegates
Al Gore 8,86491.79%43
Uncommitted5145.32%0
Bill Bradley 1721.78%0
William Kreml1071.11%0
Total9,657100%34

Campaign

Predictions

SourceRatingAs of
The Orlando Sentinel [4] Certain RSeptember 10, 2000
The Island Packet [5] Likely RSeptember 17, 2000
The News and Observer [6] Likely ROctober 18, 2000
Richmond Times-Dispatch [7] Safe ROctober 29, 2000
The State [8] Safe ROctober 30, 2000
The Central New Jersey Home News [9] Solid RNovember 2, 2000
Los Angeles Times [10] Safe RNovember 3, 2000

Results

2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina [11]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 786,42656.83%8
Democratic Al Gore 566,03940.91%0
United Citizens Ralph Nader 20,2791.47%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 4,8880.35%0
Reform Pat Buchanan 3,5200.25%0
Constitution Howard Phillips 1,6820.12%0
Natural Law John Hagelin 9430.07%0

Results by county

County [12] George W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic
Ralph Nader
United Citizens
Harry Browne
Libertarian
Pat Buchanan
Reform
Howard Phillips
Constitution
John Hagelin
Natural Law
MarginTotal
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Abbeville 4,45053.14%3,76644.97%660.79%110.13%700.84%80.10%30.04%6848.17%8,374
Aiken 33,20365.38%16,40932.31%6761.33%1780.35%2350.46%420.08%390.08%16,79433.07%50,782
Allendale 96728.95%2,33870.00%170.51%40.12%70.21%40.12%30.09%-1,371-41.05%3,340
Anderson 35,82763.21%19,60634.59%7771.37%1760.31%2160.38%410.07%380.07%16,22128.62%56,681
Bamberg 2,04736.88%3,45162.17%190.34%120.22%120.22%60.11%40.07%-1,404-25.29%5,551
Barnwell 4,52154.63%3,66144.24%430.52%100.12%290.35%60.07%60.07%86010.39%8,276
Beaufort 25,56157.90%17,48739.61%8461.92%1350.31%680.15%240.05%270.06%8,07418.29%44,148
Berkeley 24,79657.24%17,70740.88%4641.07%1820.42%850.20%540.12%280.06%7,08916.36%43,316
Calhoun 3,21650.46%3,06348.06%600.94%210.33%90.14%10.02%30.05%1532.40%6,373
Charleston 58,22952.23%49,52044.42%2,6312.36%7140.64%1540.14%1490.13%790.07%8,7097.81%111,476
Cherokee 9,90060.65%6,13837.60%1440.88%520.32%550.34%160.10%180.11%3,76223.05%16,323
Chester 4,98647.80%5,24250.25%980.94%390.37%340.33%140.13%190.18%-256-2.45%10,432
Chesterfield 6,26650.02%6,11148.79%1050.84%160.13%160.13%60.05%60.05%1551.23%12,526
Clarendon 5,18645.93%5,99953.14%640.57%130.12%120.11%130.12%30.03%-813-7.21%11,290
Colleton 6,76750.54%6,44948.16%1040.78%220.16%190.14%220.16%70.05%3182.38%13,390
Darlington 11,29051.64%10,25346.90%1660.76%540.25%470.21%360.16%170.08%1,0374.74%21,863
Dillon 3,97544.22%4,93054.84%460.51%140.16%80.09%160.18%10.01%-955-10.62%8,990
Dorchester 20,73461.63%12,16836.17%4761.41%1510.45%650.19%280.08%190.06%8,56625.46%33,641
Edgefield 4,76053.88%3,95044.71%650.74%200.23%290.33%50.06%50.06%8109.17%8,834
Fairfield 3,01135.85%5,26362.67%700.83%180.21%120.14%140.17%100.12%-2,252-26.82%8,398
Florence 23,67857.14%17,15741.41%3940.95%850.21%710.17%330.08%190.05%6,52115.73%41,437
Georgetown 10,53551.77%9,44546.41%2701.33%500.25%200.10%160.08%150.07%1,0905.36%20,351
Greenville 92,71466.09%43,81031.23%2,3881.70%5840.42%4850.35%2230.16%890.06%48,90434.86%140,293
Greenwood 12,19358.45%8,13939.02%2631.26%1040.50%590.28%830.40%190.09%4,05419.43%20,860
Hampton 2,79836.06%4,89663.10%390.50%30.04%80.10%110.14%40.05%-2,098-27.04%7,759
Horry 40,30056.55%29,11340.85%1,4051.97%1810.25%1450.20%780.11%430.06%11,18715.70%71,265
Jasper 2,41437.32%3,64656.36%1342.07%140.22%2453.79%140.22%20.03%-1,232-19.04%6,469
Kershaw 11,91160.53%7,42837.75%2111.07%490.25%530.27%110.06%140.07%4,48322.78%19,677
Lancaster 11,67656.39%8,78242.41%1610.78%510.25%310.15%40.02%00.00%2,89413.98%20,705
Laurens 12,10259.29%7,92038.80%2131.04%500.24%900.44%230.11%120.06%4,18220.49%20,410
Lee 2,67540.27%3,89958.70%320.48%100.15%170.26%40.06%50.08%-1,224-18.43%6,642
Lexington 58,09569.93%22,83027.48%1,4441.74%3730.45%2110.25%840.10%440.05%35,26542.45%83,081
McCormick 1,70446.54%1,89651.79%530.44%140.12%110.09%220.18%40.03%-192-5.25%3,661
Marion 4,68738.58%7,35860.56%520.66%120.15%160.20%180.23%260.33%-2,671-21.98%12,149
Marlboro 2,69934.24%5,06064.19%381.04%60.16%80.22%20.05%70.19%-2,361-29.95%7,883
Newberry 7,49260.56%4,42835.79%2101.70%650.53%530.43%770.62%470.38%3,06424.77%12,372
Oconee 15,36465.17%7,57132.11%4511.91%800.34%600.25%250.11%240.10%7,79333.06%23,575
Orangeburg 12,65738.67%19,80260.49%1700.52%410.13%300.09%210.06%130.04%-7,145-21.82%32,734
Pickens 24,68171.37%8,92725.81%6061.75%1890.55%970.28%490.14%330.10%15,75445.56%34,582
Richland 50,16443.07%63,17954.24%2,2771.97%4140.36%1570.14%1440.12%530.05%-13,015-11.17%116,481
Saluda 4,09859.47%2,68238.92%560.81%160.23%310.45%20.03%60.09%1,41620.55%6,891
Spartanburg 52,11462.37%29,55935.38%1,1501.38%2800.34%2470.30%1360.16%670.08%22,55526.99%83,553
Sumter 15,91551.89%14,36546.83%2700.88%380.12%380.12%220.07%240.08%1,5505.06%30,672
Union 5,76854.47%4,66244.03%900.85%230.22%340.32%50.05%70.07%1,10610.44%10,589
Williamsburg 4,52439.93%6,72359.33%460.41%120.11%50.04%170.15%40.04%-2,199-19.40%11,331
York 33,77662.14%19,25135.42%8401.55%2900.53%1150.21%530.10%260.05%14,52526.72%54,351
Totals786,42656.83%566,03940.91%20,2001.46%4,8760.35%3,5190.25%1,6820.12%9420.07%220,38715.92%1,383,777

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

Bush won five of six congressional districts, including a district held by a Democrat.

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
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

Electors

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000 [11] 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: [13]

  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

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