2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
  Official Portrait- President George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the United States, Republican - DPLA - 7482eac0e113bf03014d1686a3733f97.jpeg Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg
Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Texas Tennessee
Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman
Electoral vote30
Popular vote190,700118,804
Percentage60.30%37.56%

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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 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.

Contents

South Dakota was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 22.74 point margin of victory.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican George W. Bush 190,70060.30%3
Democratic Al Gore 118,80437.56%0
Reform Pat Buchanan 3,3221.05%0
Independent Howard Phillips 1,7810.56%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 1,6620.53%0

Results by county

County [2] George W. Bush
Republican
Al Gore
Democratic
Pat Buchanan
Reform
Howard Phillips
Independent
Harry E. Browne
Libertarian
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Aurora 84759.94%51336.31%322.26%151.06%60.42%33423.63%1,413
Beadle 4,34756.17%3,21641.56%811.05%450.58%500.65%1,13114.61%7,739
Bennett 71263.80%37733.78%90.81%90.81%90.81%33530.02%1,116
Bon Homme 1,90160.56%1,16237.02%401.27%170.54%190.61%73923.54%3,139
Brookings 6,21256.55%4,54641.39%870.79%490.45%900.82%1,66615.16%10,984
Brown 9,06054.72%7,17343.33%1580.95%920.56%730.44%1,88711.39%16,556
Brule 1,26858.51%81837.75%391.80%271.25%150.69%45020.76%2,167
Buffalo 14034.31%25662.75%92.21%30.74%00.00%-116-28.44%408
Butte 2,76074.82%84022.77%411.11%210.57%270.73%1,92052.05%3,689
Campbell 73980.59%14716.03%222.40%80.87%10.11%59264.56%917
Charles Mix 2,20561.61%1,30036.32%461.29%150.42%130.36%90525.29%3,579
Clark 1,27260.34%79137.52%311.47%100.47%40.19%48122.82%2,108
Clay 2,36346.29%2,63851.67%310.61%210.41%521.02%-275-5.38%5,105
Codington 6,71860.32%4,19237.64%1271.14%590.53%420.38%2,52622.68%11,138
Corson 62950.60%54944.17%504.02%80.64%70.56%806.43%1,243
Custer 2,49569.83%95526.73%451.26%381.06%401.12%1,54043.10%3,573
Davison 4,44559.05%2,93639.00%620.82%600.80%250.33%1,50920.05%7,528
Day 1,62350.77%1,49246.67%491.53%210.66%120.38%1314.10%3,197
Deuel 1,24555.98%92641.64%381.71%80.36%70.31%31914.34%2,224
Dewey 76145.27%88052.35%201.19%160.95%40.24%-119-7.08%1,681
Douglas 1,31176.71%36321.24%191.11%100.59%60.35%94855.47%1,709
Edmunds 1,25763.29%67634.04%281.41%180.91%70.35%58129.25%1,986
Fall River 2,18563.72%1,13333.04%461.34%300.87%351.02%1,05230.68%3,429
Faulk 90468.02%38829.19%251.88%90.68%30.23%51638.83%1,329
Grant 2,23558.36%1,47538.51%772.01%290.76%140.37%76019.85%3,830
Gregory 1,48765.88%71831.81%351.55%110.49%60.27%76934.07%2,257
Haakon 93883.08%16414.53%211.86%50.44%10.09%77468.55%1,129
Hamlin 1,73163.57%92333.90%381.40%140.51%170.62%80829.67%2,723
Hand 1,41969.87%56527.82%281.38%130.64%60.30%85442.05%2,031
Hanson 94466.43%45732.16%60.42%100.70%40.28%48734.27%1,421
Harding 65088.92%648.76%101.37%40.55%30.41%58680.16%731
Hughes 5,18868.86%2,21229.36%540.72%440.58%360.48%2,97639.50%7,534
Hutchinson 2,49768.88%1,05229.02%511.41%190.52%60.17%1,44539.86%3,625
Hyde 59270.90%21826.11%202.40%30.36%20.24%37444.79%835
Jackson 68766.06%31930.67%161.54%111.06%70.67%36835.39%1,040
Jerauld 62455.61%46841.71%191.69%70.62%40.36%15613.90%1,122
Jones 50976.66%13720.63%50.75%91.36%40.60%37256.03%664
Kingsbury 1,61259.11%1,04938.47%361.32%120.44%180.66%56320.64%2,727
Lake 2,72452.85%2,33145.23%470.91%270.52%250.49%3937.62%5,154
Lawrence 6,32767.27%2,79729.74%1101.17%730.78%991.05%3,53037.53%9,406
Lincoln 6,54662.01%3,84436.42%800.76%560.53%300.28%2,70225.59%10,556
Lyman 87563.13%48234.78%141.01%110.79%40.29%39328.35%1,386
Marshall 1,09752.77%93945.17%190.91%150.72%90.43%1587.60%2,079
McCook 1,61061.19%96536.68%431.63%120.46%10.04%64524.51%2,631
McPherson 1,07375.72%29520.82%332.33%151.06%10.07%77854.90%1,417
Meade 6,87073.35%2,26724.20%1021.09%650.69%620.66%4,60349.15%9,366
Mellette 49567.53%22230.29%121.64%20.27%20.27%27337.24%733
Miner 72457.19%52341.31%110.87%60.47%20.16%20115.88%1,266
Minnehaha 33,42854.47%27,04244.06%3810.62%2280.37%2900.47%6,38610.41%61,369
Moody 1,36149.76%1,31848.19%281.02%140.51%140.51%431.57%2,735
Pennington 24,69667.55%11,12330.43%2750.75%1950.53%2680.73%13,57337.12%36,557
Perkins 1,23776.64%29718.40%493.04%201.24%110.68%94058.24%1,614
Potter 1,11274.43%35623.83%130.87%70.47%60.40%75650.60%1,494
Roberts 2,23754.91%1,70041.73%932.28%260.64%180.44%53713.18%4,074
Sanborn 76760.49%46836.91%151.18%90.71%90.71%29923.58%1,268
Shannon 25212.90%1,66785.36%140.72%100.51%100.51%-1,415-72.46%1,953
Spink 1,95759.59%1,27438.79%260.79%180.55%90.27%68320.80%3,284
Stanley 95569.15%40229.11%130.94%70.51%40.29%55340.04%1,381
Sully 63372.68%20924.00%202.30%60.69%30.34%42448.68%871
Todd 47831.99%99366.47%70.47%100.67%60.40%-515-34.48%1,494
Tripp 1,90969.04%79928.90%361.30%130.47%80.29%1,11040.14%2,765
Turner 2,51462.79%1,41435.31%390.97%250.62%120.30%1,10027.48%4,004
Union 3,26556.57%2,35840.85%1091.89%230.40%170.29%90715.72%5,772
Walworth 1,75868.86%72128.24%411.61%210.82%120.47%1,03740.62%2,553
Yankton 4,90456.11%3,59641.14%1311.50%680.78%410.47%1,30814.97%8,740
Ziebach 38453.26%31443.55%101.39%70.97%60.83%709.71%721
Totals190,70060.30%118,80437.56%3,3221.05%1,7810.56%1,6620.53%71,89622.74%316,269

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

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.

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
At-large 60.3%37.6% John Thune

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. Carole Hillard
  2. William J. Janklow
  3. Joel Rosenthal

See also

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  2. Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 07, 2000
  3. 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania
  4. "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2011.