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Elections in South Carolina |
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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 2024 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Sumter County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.
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.
Candidate | Votes [2] | Percentage | Delegates |
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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 |
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.
Candidate | Votes [3] | Percentage | Delegates |
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Al Gore | 8,864 | 91.79% | 43 |
Uncommitted | 514 | 5.32% | 0 |
Bill Bradley | 172 | 1.78% | 0 |
William Kreml | 107 | 1.11% | 0 |
Total | 9,657 | 100% | 34 |
Source | Rating | As of |
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The Orlando Sentinel [4] | Certain R | September 10, 2000 |
The Island Packet [5] | Likely R | September 17, 2000 |
The News and Observer [6] | Likely R | October 18, 2000 |
Richmond Times-Dispatch [7] | Safe R | October 29, 2000 |
The State [8] | Safe R | October 30, 2000 |
The Central New Jersey Home News [9] | Solid R | November 2, 2000 |
Los Angeles Times [10] | Safe R | November 3, 2000 |
2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina [11] | |||||
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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 | |
Constitution | Howard Phillips | 1,682 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Natural Law | John Hagelin | 943 | 0.07% | 0 |
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 | Margin | Total | ||||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Abbeville | 4,450 | 53.14% | 3,766 | 44.97% | 66 | 0.79% | 11 | 0.13% | 70 | 0.84% | 8 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.04% | 684 | 8.17% | 8,374 |
Aiken | 33,203 | 65.38% | 16,409 | 32.31% | 676 | 1.33% | 178 | 0.35% | 235 | 0.46% | 42 | 0.08% | 39 | 0.08% | 16,794 | 33.07% | 50,782 |
Allendale | 967 | 28.95% | 2,338 | 70.00% | 17 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.09% | -1,371 | -41.05% | 3,340 |
Anderson | 35,827 | 63.21% | 19,606 | 34.59% | 777 | 1.37% | 176 | 0.31% | 216 | 0.38% | 41 | 0.07% | 38 | 0.07% | 16,221 | 28.62% | 56,681 |
Bamberg | 2,047 | 36.88% | 3,451 | 62.17% | 19 | 0.34% | 12 | 0.22% | 12 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.07% | -1,404 | -25.29% | 5,551 |
Barnwell | 4,521 | 54.63% | 3,661 | 44.24% | 43 | 0.52% | 10 | 0.12% | 29 | 0.35% | 6 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.07% | 860 | 10.39% | 8,276 |
Beaufort | 25,561 | 57.90% | 17,487 | 39.61% | 846 | 1.92% | 135 | 0.31% | 68 | 0.15% | 24 | 0.05% | 27 | 0.06% | 8,074 | 18.29% | 44,148 |
Berkeley | 24,796 | 57.24% | 17,707 | 40.88% | 464 | 1.07% | 182 | 0.42% | 85 | 0.20% | 54 | 0.12% | 28 | 0.06% | 7,089 | 16.36% | 43,316 |
Calhoun | 3,216 | 50.46% | 3,063 | 48.06% | 60 | 0.94% | 21 | 0.33% | 9 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.05% | 153 | 2.40% | 6,373 |
Charleston | 58,229 | 52.23% | 49,520 | 44.42% | 2,631 | 2.36% | 714 | 0.64% | 154 | 0.14% | 149 | 0.13% | 79 | 0.07% | 8,709 | 7.81% | 111,476 |
Cherokee | 9,900 | 60.65% | 6,138 | 37.60% | 144 | 0.88% | 52 | 0.32% | 55 | 0.34% | 16 | 0.10% | 18 | 0.11% | 3,762 | 23.05% | 16,323 |
Chester | 4,986 | 47.80% | 5,242 | 50.25% | 98 | 0.94% | 39 | 0.37% | 34 | 0.33% | 14 | 0.13% | 19 | 0.18% | -256 | -2.45% | 10,432 |
Chesterfield | 6,266 | 50.02% | 6,111 | 48.79% | 105 | 0.84% | 16 | 0.13% | 16 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.05% | 155 | 1.23% | 12,526 |
Clarendon | 5,186 | 45.93% | 5,999 | 53.14% | 64 | 0.57% | 13 | 0.12% | 12 | 0.11% | 13 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.03% | -813 | -7.21% | 11,290 |
Colleton | 6,767 | 50.54% | 6,449 | 48.16% | 104 | 0.78% | 22 | 0.16% | 19 | 0.14% | 22 | 0.16% | 7 | 0.05% | 318 | 2.38% | 13,390 |
Darlington | 11,290 | 51.64% | 10,253 | 46.90% | 166 | 0.76% | 54 | 0.25% | 47 | 0.21% | 36 | 0.16% | 17 | 0.08% | 1,037 | 4.74% | 21,863 |
Dillon | 3,975 | 44.22% | 4,930 | 54.84% | 46 | 0.51% | 14 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.09% | 16 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | -955 | -10.62% | 8,990 |
Dorchester | 20,734 | 61.63% | 12,168 | 36.17% | 476 | 1.41% | 151 | 0.45% | 65 | 0.19% | 28 | 0.08% | 19 | 0.06% | 8,566 | 25.46% | 33,641 |
Edgefield | 4,760 | 53.88% | 3,950 | 44.71% | 65 | 0.74% | 20 | 0.23% | 29 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.06% | 810 | 9.17% | 8,834 |
Fairfield | 3,011 | 35.85% | 5,263 | 62.67% | 70 | 0.83% | 18 | 0.21% | 12 | 0.14% | 14 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.12% | -2,252 | -26.82% | 8,398 |
Florence | 23,678 | 57.14% | 17,157 | 41.41% | 394 | 0.95% | 85 | 0.21% | 71 | 0.17% | 33 | 0.08% | 19 | 0.05% | 6,521 | 15.73% | 41,437 |
Georgetown | 10,535 | 51.77% | 9,445 | 46.41% | 270 | 1.33% | 50 | 0.25% | 20 | 0.10% | 16 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.07% | 1,090 | 5.36% | 20,351 |
Greenville | 92,714 | 66.09% | 43,810 | 31.23% | 2,388 | 1.70% | 584 | 0.42% | 485 | 0.35% | 223 | 0.16% | 89 | 0.06% | 48,904 | 34.86% | 140,293 |
Greenwood | 12,193 | 58.45% | 8,139 | 39.02% | 263 | 1.26% | 104 | 0.50% | 59 | 0.28% | 83 | 0.40% | 19 | 0.09% | 4,054 | 19.43% | 20,860 |
Hampton | 2,798 | 36.06% | 4,896 | 63.10% | 39 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.10% | 11 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.05% | -2,098 | -27.04% | 7,759 |
Horry | 40,300 | 56.55% | 29,113 | 40.85% | 1,405 | 1.97% | 181 | 0.25% | 145 | 0.20% | 78 | 0.11% | 43 | 0.06% | 11,187 | 15.70% | 71,265 |
Jasper | 2,414 | 37.32% | 3,646 | 56.36% | 134 | 2.07% | 14 | 0.22% | 245 | 3.79% | 14 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,232 | -19.04% | 6,469 |
Kershaw | 11,911 | 60.53% | 7,428 | 37.75% | 211 | 1.07% | 49 | 0.25% | 53 | 0.27% | 11 | 0.06% | 14 | 0.07% | 4,483 | 22.78% | 19,677 |
Lancaster | 11,676 | 56.39% | 8,782 | 42.41% | 161 | 0.78% | 51 | 0.25% | 31 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,894 | 13.98% | 20,705 |
Laurens | 12,102 | 59.29% | 7,920 | 38.80% | 213 | 1.04% | 50 | 0.24% | 90 | 0.44% | 23 | 0.11% | 12 | 0.06% | 4,182 | 20.49% | 20,410 |
Lee | 2,675 | 40.27% | 3,899 | 58.70% | 32 | 0.48% | 10 | 0.15% | 17 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.08% | -1,224 | -18.43% | 6,642 |
Lexington | 58,095 | 69.93% | 22,830 | 27.48% | 1,444 | 1.74% | 373 | 0.45% | 211 | 0.25% | 84 | 0.10% | 44 | 0.05% | 35,265 | 42.45% | 83,081 |
McCormick | 1,704 | 46.54% | 1,896 | 51.79% | 53 | 0.44% | 14 | 0.12% | 11 | 0.09% | 22 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.03% | -192 | -5.25% | 3,661 |
Marion | 4,687 | 38.58% | 7,358 | 60.56% | 52 | 0.66% | 12 | 0.15% | 16 | 0.20% | 18 | 0.23% | 26 | 0.33% | -2,671 | -21.98% | 12,149 |
Marlboro | 2,699 | 34.24% | 5,060 | 64.19% | 38 | 1.04% | 6 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.19% | -2,361 | -29.95% | 7,883 |
Newberry | 7,492 | 60.56% | 4,428 | 35.79% | 210 | 1.70% | 65 | 0.53% | 53 | 0.43% | 77 | 0.62% | 47 | 0.38% | 3,064 | 24.77% | 12,372 |
Oconee | 15,364 | 65.17% | 7,571 | 32.11% | 451 | 1.91% | 80 | 0.34% | 60 | 0.25% | 25 | 0.11% | 24 | 0.10% | 7,793 | 33.06% | 23,575 |
Orangeburg | 12,657 | 38.67% | 19,802 | 60.49% | 170 | 0.52% | 41 | 0.13% | 30 | 0.09% | 21 | 0.06% | 13 | 0.04% | -7,145 | -21.82% | 32,734 |
Pickens | 24,681 | 71.37% | 8,927 | 25.81% | 606 | 1.75% | 189 | 0.55% | 97 | 0.28% | 49 | 0.14% | 33 | 0.10% | 15,754 | 45.56% | 34,582 |
Richland | 50,164 | 43.07% | 63,179 | 54.24% | 2,277 | 1.97% | 414 | 0.36% | 157 | 0.14% | 144 | 0.12% | 53 | 0.05% | -13,015 | -11.17% | 116,481 |
Saluda | 4,098 | 59.47% | 2,682 | 38.92% | 56 | 0.81% | 16 | 0.23% | 31 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,416 | 20.55% | 6,891 |
Spartanburg | 52,114 | 62.37% | 29,559 | 35.38% | 1,150 | 1.38% | 280 | 0.34% | 247 | 0.30% | 136 | 0.16% | 67 | 0.08% | 22,555 | 26.99% | 83,553 |
Sumter | 15,915 | 51.89% | 14,365 | 46.83% | 270 | 0.88% | 38 | 0.12% | 38 | 0.12% | 22 | 0.07% | 24 | 0.08% | 1,550 | 5.06% | 30,672 |
Union | 5,768 | 54.47% | 4,662 | 44.03% | 90 | 0.85% | 23 | 0.22% | 34 | 0.32% | 5 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.07% | 1,106 | 10.44% | 10,589 |
Williamsburg | 4,524 | 39.93% | 6,723 | 59.33% | 46 | 0.41% | 12 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.04% | 17 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.04% | -2,199 | -19.40% | 11,331 |
York | 33,776 | 62.14% | 19,251 | 35.42% | 840 | 1.55% | 290 | 0.53% | 115 | 0.21% | 53 | 0.10% | 26 | 0.05% | 14,525 | 26.72% | 54,351 |
Totals | 786,426 | 56.83% | 566,039 | 40.91% | 20,200 | 1.46% | 4,876 | 0.35% | 3,519 | 0.25% | 1,682 | 0.12% | 942 | 0.07% | 220,387 | 15.92% | 1,383,777 |
Bush won five of six congressional districts, including a district held by a Democrat.
District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
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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 |
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