United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2000

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2000
November 7, 2000

 
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 56.8% 40.9%
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.

South Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 15.92% margin of victory. As of the 2016 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

Withdrawn

Results

2000 South Carolina Primary county Map
Candidate Votes[2] Percentage Delegates
George W. Bush305,99853.39%34
John McCain239,96441.87%3
Alan Keyes25,9964.54%0
Other1,1440.20%0
Total573,101100.00%37

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 County44.97%3,76653.14%4,4501.89%1588,374
Aiken County32.31%16,40965.38%33,2032.30%1,17050,782
Allendale County70.00%2,33828.95%9671.05%353,340
Anderson County34.59%19,60663.21%35,8272.20%1,24856,681
Bamberg County62.17%3,45136.88%2,0470.95%535,551
Barnwell County44.24%3,66154.63%4,5211.14%948,276
Beaufort County39.61%17,48757.90%25,5612.49%1,10044,148
Berkeley County40.88%17,70757.24%24,7961.88%81343,316
Calhoun County48.06%3,06350.46%3,2161.47%946,373
Charleston County44.42%49,52052.23%58,2293.34%3,727111,476
Cherokee County37.60%6,13860.65%9,9001.75%28516,323
Chester County50.25%5,24247.80%4,9861.96%20410,432
Chesterfield County48.79%6,11150.02%6,2661.19%14912,526
Clarendon County53.14%5,99945.93%5,1860.93%10511,290
Colleton County48.16%6,44950.54%6,7671.30%17413,390
Darlington County46.90%10,25351.64%11,2901.46%32021,863
Dillon County54.84%4,93044.22%3,9750.95%858,990
Dorchester County36.17%12,16861.63%20,7342.20%73933,641
Edgefield County44.71%3,95053.88%4,7601.40%1248,834
Fairfield County62.67%5,26335.85%3,0111.48%1248,398
Florence County41.41%17,15757.14%23,6781.45%60241,437
Georgetown County46.41%9,44551.77%10,5351.82%37120,351
Greenville County31.23%43,81066.09%92,7142.69%3,769140,293
Greenwood County39.02%8,13958.45%12,1932.53%52820,860
Hampton County63.10%4,89636.06%2,7980.84%657,759
Horry County40.85%29,11356.55%40,3002.60%1,85271,265
Jasper County56.36%3,64637.32%2,4146.32%4096,469
Kershaw County37.75%7,42860.53%11,9111.72%33819,677
Lancaster County42.41%8,78256.39%11,6761.19%24720,705
Laurens County38.80%7,92059.29%12,1021.90%38820,410
Lee County58.70%3,89940.27%2,6751.02%686,642
Lexington County27.48%22,83069.93%58,0952.60%2,15683,081
McCormick County51.79%1,89646.54%1,7041.67%613,661
Marion County60.56%7,35838.58%4,6870.86%10412,149
Marlboro County64.19%5,06034.24%2,6991.57%1247,883
Newberry County35.79%4,42860.56%7,4923.65%45212,372
Oconee County32.11%7,57165.17%15,3642.71%64023,575
Orangeburg County60.49%19,80238.67%12,6570.84%27532,734
Pickens County25.81%8,92771.37%24,6812.82%97434,582
Richland County54.32%62,70143.04%49,6752.64%3,045115,421
Saluda County38.92%2,68259.47%4,0981.61%1116,891
Spartanburg County35.38%29,55962.37%52,1142.25%1,88083,553
Sumter County46.83%14,36551.89%15,9151.28%39230,672
Union County44.03%4,66254.47%5,7681.50%15910,589
Williamsburg County59.33%6,72339.93%4,5240.74%8411,331
York County35.42%19,25162.14%33,7762.44%1,32454,351

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. ↑ http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html
  5. ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

See also


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