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| Elections in South Dakota |
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The 2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
South Dakota was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 22.74 point margin of victory.
| 2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota [1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 190,700 | 60.30% | 3 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 118,804 | 37.56% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 3,322 | 1.05% | 0 | |
| Independent | Howard Phillips | 1,781 | 0.56% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 1,662 | 0.53% | 0 | |
| County [2] | George Walker Bush Republican | Albert Arnold Gore Jr. Democratic | Patrick Joseph Buchanan Reform | Howard Jay Phillips Independent | Harry Edson Browne Libertarian | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 847 | 59.94% | 513 | 36.31% | 32 | 2.26% | 15 | 1.06% | 6 | 0.42% | 334 | 23.64% | 1,413 |
| Beadle | 4,347 | 56.17% | 3,216 | 41.56% | 81 | 1.05% | 45 | 0.58% | 50 | 0.65% | 1,131 | 14.61% | 7,739 |
| Bennett | 712 | 63.80% | 377 | 33.78% | 9 | 0.81% | 9 | 0.81% | 9 | 0.81% | 335 | 30.02% | 1,116 |
| Bon Homme | 1,901 | 60.56% | 1,162 | 37.02% | 40 | 1.27% | 17 | 0.54% | 19 | 0.61% | 739 | 23.54% | 3,139 |
| Brookings | 6,212 | 56.55% | 4,546 | 41.39% | 87 | 0.79% | 49 | 0.45% | 90 | 0.82% | 1,666 | 15.17% | 10,984 |
| Brown | 9,060 | 54.72% | 7,173 | 43.33% | 158 | 0.95% | 92 | 0.56% | 73 | 0.44% | 1,887 | 11.40% | 16,556 |
| Brule | 1,268 | 58.51% | 818 | 37.75% | 39 | 1.80% | 27 | 1.25% | 15 | 0.69% | 450 | 20.77% | 2,167 |
| Buffalo | 140 | 34.31% | 256 | 62.75% | 9 | 2.21% | 3 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -116 | -28.43% | 408 |
| Butte | 2,760 | 74.82% | 840 | 22.77% | 41 | 1.11% | 21 | 0.57% | 27 | 0.73% | 1,920 | 52.05% | 3,689 |
| Campbell | 739 | 80.59% | 147 | 16.03% | 22 | 2.40% | 8 | 0.87% | 1 | 0.11% | 592 | 64.56% | 917 |
| Charles Mix | 2,205 | 61.61% | 1,300 | 36.32% | 46 | 1.29% | 15 | 0.42% | 13 | 0.36% | 905 | 25.29% | 3,579 |
| Clark | 1,272 | 60.34% | 791 | 37.52% | 31 | 1.47% | 10 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.19% | 481 | 22.82% | 2,108 |
| Clay | 2,363 | 46.29% | 2,638 | 51.67% | 31 | 0.61% | 21 | 0.41% | 52 | 1.02% | -275 | -5.39% | 5,105 |
| Codington | 6,718 | 60.32% | 4,192 | 37.64% | 127 | 1.14% | 59 | 0.53% | 42 | 0.38% | 2,526 | 22.68% | 11,138 |
| Corson | 629 | 50.60% | 549 | 44.17% | 50 | 4.02% | 8 | 0.64% | 7 | 0.56% | 80 | 6.44% | 1,243 |
| Custer | 2,495 | 69.83% | 955 | 26.73% | 45 | 1.26% | 38 | 1.06% | 40 | 1.12% | 1,540 | 43.10% | 3,573 |
| Davison | 4,445 | 59.05% | 2,936 | 39.00% | 62 | 0.82% | 60 | 0.80% | 25 | 0.33% | 1,509 | 20.05% | 7,528 |
| Day | 1,623 | 50.77% | 1,492 | 46.67% | 49 | 1.53% | 21 | 0.66% | 12 | 0.38% | 131 | 4.10% | 3,197 |
| Deuel | 1,245 | 55.98% | 926 | 41.64% | 38 | 1.71% | 8 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.31% | 319 | 14.34% | 2,224 |
| Dewey | 761 | 45.27% | 880 | 52.35% | 20 | 1.19% | 16 | 0.95% | 4 | 0.24% | -119 | -7.08% | 1,681 |
| Douglas | 1,311 | 76.71% | 363 | 21.24% | 19 | 1.11% | 10 | 0.59% | 6 | 0.35% | 948 | 55.47% | 1,709 |
| Edmunds | 1,257 | 63.29% | 676 | 34.04% | 28 | 1.41% | 18 | 0.91% | 7 | 0.35% | 581 | 29.25% | 1,986 |
| Fall River | 2,185 | 63.72% | 1,133 | 33.04% | 46 | 1.34% | 30 | 0.87% | 35 | 1.02% | 1,052 | 30.68% | 3,429 |
| Faulk | 904 | 68.02% | 388 | 29.19% | 25 | 1.88% | 9 | 0.68% | 3 | 0.23% | 516 | 38.83% | 1,329 |
| Grant | 2,235 | 58.36% | 1,475 | 38.51% | 77 | 2.01% | 29 | 0.76% | 14 | 0.37% | 760 | 19.84% | 3,830 |
| Gregory | 1,487 | 65.88% | 718 | 31.81% | 35 | 1.55% | 11 | 0.49% | 6 | 0.27% | 769 | 34.07% | 2,257 |
| Haakon | 938 | 83.08% | 164 | 14.53% | 21 | 1.86% | 5 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.09% | 774 | 68.56% | 1,129 |
| Hamlin | 1,731 | 63.57% | 923 | 33.90% | 38 | 1.40% | 14 | 0.51% | 17 | 0.62% | 808 | 29.67% | 2,723 |
| Hand | 1,419 | 69.87% | 565 | 27.82% | 28 | 1.38% | 13 | 0.64% | 6 | 0.30% | 854 | 42.05% | 2,031 |
| Hanson | 944 | 66.43% | 457 | 32.16% | 6 | 0.42% | 10 | 0.70% | 4 | 0.28% | 487 | 34.27% | 1,421 |
| Harding | 650 | 88.92% | 64 | 8.76% | 10 | 1.37% | 4 | 0.55% | 3 | 0.41% | 586 | 80.16% | 731 |
| Hughes | 5,188 | 68.86% | 2,212 | 29.36% | 54 | 0.72% | 44 | 0.58% | 36 | 0.48% | 2,976 | 39.50% | 7,534 |
| Hutchinson | 2,497 | 68.88% | 1,052 | 29.02% | 51 | 1.41% | 19 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,445 | 39.86% | 3,625 |
| Hyde | 592 | 70.90% | 218 | 26.11% | 20 | 2.40% | 3 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.24% | 374 | 44.79% | 835 |
| Jackson | 687 | 66.06% | 319 | 30.67% | 16 | 1.54% | 11 | 1.06% | 7 | 0.67% | 368 | 35.38% | 1,040 |
| Jerauld | 624 | 55.61% | 468 | 41.71% | 19 | 1.69% | 7 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.36% | 156 | 13.90% | 1,122 |
| Jones | 509 | 76.66% | 137 | 20.63% | 5 | 0.75% | 9 | 1.36% | 4 | 0.60% | 372 | 56.02% | 664 |
| Kingsbury | 1,612 | 59.11% | 1,049 | 38.47% | 36 | 1.32% | 12 | 0.44% | 18 | 0.66% | 563 | 20.65% | 2,727 |
| Lake | 2,724 | 52.85% | 2,331 | 45.23% | 47 | 0.91% | 27 | 0.52% | 25 | 0.49% | 393 | 7.63% | 5,154 |
| Lawrence | 6,327 | 67.27% | 2,797 | 29.74% | 110 | 1.17% | 73 | 0.78% | 99 | 1.05% | 3,530 | 37.53% | 9,406 |
| Lincoln | 6,546 | 62.01% | 3,844 | 36.42% | 80 | 0.76% | 56 | 0.53% | 30 | 0.28% | 2,702 | 25.60% | 10,556 |
| Lyman | 875 | 63.13% | 482 | 34.78% | 14 | 1.01% | 11 | 0.79% | 4 | 0.29% | 393 | 28.35% | 1,386 |
| Marshall | 1,097 | 52.77% | 939 | 45.17% | 19 | 0.91% | 15 | 0.72% | 9 | 0.43% | 158 | 7.60% | 2,079 |
| McCook | 1,610 | 61.19% | 965 | 36.68% | 43 | 1.63% | 12 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.04% | 645 | 24.52% | 2,631 |
| McPherson | 1,073 | 75.72% | 295 | 20.82% | 33 | 2.33% | 15 | 1.06% | 1 | 0.07% | 778 | 54.90% | 1,417 |
| Meade | 6,870 | 73.35% | 2,267 | 24.20% | 102 | 1.09% | 65 | 0.69% | 62 | 0.66% | 4,603 | 49.15% | 9,366 |
| Mellette | 495 | 67.53% | 222 | 30.29% | 12 | 1.64% | 2 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.27% | 273 | 37.24% | 733 |
| Miner | 724 | 57.19% | 523 | 41.31% | 11 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.16% | 201 | 15.88% | 1,266 |
| Minnehaha | 33,428 | 54.47% | 27,042 | 44.06% | 381 | 0.62% | 228 | 0.37% | 290 | 0.47% | 6,386 | 10.41% | 61,369 |
| Moody | 1,361 | 49.76% | 1,318 | 48.19% | 28 | 1.02% | 14 | 0.51% | 14 | 0.51% | 43 | 1.57% | 2,735 |
| Pennington | 24,696 | 67.55% | 11,123 | 30.43% | 275 | 0.75% | 195 | 0.53% | 268 | 0.73% | 13,573 | 37.13% | 36,557 |
| Perkins | 1,237 | 76.64% | 297 | 18.40% | 49 | 3.04% | 20 | 1.24% | 11 | 0.68% | 940 | 58.24% | 1,614 |
| Potter | 1,112 | 74.43% | 356 | 23.83% | 13 | 0.87% | 7 | 0.47% | 6 | 0.40% | 756 | 50.60% | 1,494 |
| Roberts | 2,237 | 54.91% | 1,700 | 41.73% | 93 | 2.28% | 26 | 0.64% | 18 | 0.44% | 537 | 13.18% | 4,074 |
| Sanborn | 767 | 60.49% | 468 | 36.91% | 15 | 1.18% | 9 | 0.71% | 9 | 0.71% | 299 | 23.58% | 1,268 |
| Shannon | 252 | 12.90% | 1,667 | 85.36% | 14 | 0.72% | 10 | 0.51% | 10 | 0.51% | -1,415 | -72.45% | 1,953 |
| Spink | 1,957 | 59.59% | 1,274 | 38.79% | 26 | 0.79% | 18 | 0.55% | 9 | 0.27% | 683 | 20.80% | 3,284 |
| Stanley | 955 | 69.15% | 402 | 29.11% | 13 | 0.94% | 7 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.29% | 553 | 40.04% | 1,381 |
| Sully | 633 | 72.68% | 209 | 24.00% | 20 | 2.30% | 6 | 0.69% | 3 | 0.34% | 424 | 48.68% | 871 |
| Todd | 478 | 31.99% | 993 | 66.47% | 7 | 0.47% | 10 | 0.67% | 6 | 0.40% | -515 | -34.47% | 1,494 |
| Tripp | 1,909 | 69.04% | 799 | 28.90% | 36 | 1.30% | 13 | 0.47% | 8 | 0.29% | 1,110 | 40.14% | 2,765 |
| Turner | 2,514 | 62.79% | 1,414 | 35.31% | 39 | 0.97% | 25 | 0.62% | 12 | 0.30% | 1,100 | 27.47% | 4,004 |
| Union | 3,265 | 56.57% | 2,358 | 40.85% | 109 | 1.89% | 23 | 0.40% | 17 | 0.29% | 907 | 15.71% | 5,772 |
| Walworth | 1,758 | 68.86% | 721 | 28.24% | 41 | 1.61% | 21 | 0.82% | 12 | 0.47% | 1,037 | 40.62% | 2,553 |
| Yankton | 4,904 | 56.11% | 3,596 | 41.14% | 131 | 1.50% | 68 | 0.78% | 41 | 0.47% | 1,308 | 14.97% | 8,740 |
| Ziebach | 384 | 53.26% | 314 | 43.55% | 10 | 1.39% | 7 | 0.97% | 6 | 0.83% | 70 | 9.71% | 721 |
| Totals | 190,700 | 60.30% | 118,804 | 37.56% | 3,322 | 1.05% | 1,781 | 0.56% | 1,662 | 0.53% | 71,896 | 22.73% | 316,269 |
Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| At-large | 60.3% | 37.6% | John Thune |
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]
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