2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. 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[update], this is the last election in which Sumter County voted for the Republican.
Contents
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
- Governor George W. Bush of Texas
- Former Ambassador Alan Keyes of Maryland
- Senator John McCain of Arizona
Withdrawn
- Former Undersecretary of Education Gary Bauer of Kentucky
- Businessman Steve Forbes of New Jersey
- Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah
Results
Candidate | Votes[2] | Percentage | Delegates |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Electors
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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]
- Cynthia F. Costa
- Danny R. Faulkner
- Thomas H. McLean
- William B. Prince
- Dan Richardson
- Douglas L. Wavle
- Cecil F. Windham Sr.
- 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 | 44.97% | 3,766 | 53.14% | 4,450 | 1.89% | 158 | 8,374 |
Aiken | 32.31% | 16,409 | 65.38% | 33,203 | 2.30% | 1,170 | 50,782 |
Allendale | 70.00% | 2,338 | 28.95% | 967 | 1.05% | 35 | 3,340 |
Anderson | 34.59% | 19,606 | 63.21% | 35,827 | 2.20% | 1,248 | 56,681 |
Bamberg | 62.17% | 3,451 | 36.88% | 2,047 | 0.95% | 53 | 5,551 |
Barnwell | 44.24% | 3,661 | 54.63% | 4,521 | 1.14% | 94 | 8,276 |
Beaufort | 39.61% | 17,487 | 57.90% | 25,561 | 2.49% | 1,100 | 44,148 |
Berkeley | 40.88% | 17,707 | 57.24% | 24,796 | 1.88% | 813 | 43,316 |
Calhoun | 48.06% | 3,063 | 50.46% | 3,216 | 1.47% | 94 | 6,373 |
Charleston | 44.42% | 49,520 | 52.23% | 58,229 | 3.34% | 3,727 | 111,476 |
Cherokee | 37.60% | 6,138 | 60.65% | 9,900 | 1.75% | 285 | 16,323 |
Chester | 50.25% | 5,242 | 47.80% | 4,986 | 1.96% | 204 | 10,432 |
Chesterfield | 48.79% | 6,111 | 50.02% | 6,266 | 1.19% | 149 | 12,526 |
Clarendon | 53.14% | 5,999 | 45.93% | 5,186 | 0.93% | 105 | 11,290 |
Colleton | 48.16% | 6,449 | 50.54% | 6,767 | 1.30% | 174 | 13,390 |
Darlington | 46.90% | 10,253 | 51.64% | 11,290 | 1.46% | 320 | 21,863 |
Dillon | 54.84% | 4,930 | 44.22% | 3,975 | 0.95% | 85 | 8,990 |
Dorchester | 36.17% | 12,168 | 61.63% | 20,734 | 2.20% | 739 | 33,641 |
Edgefield | 44.71% | 3,950 | 53.88% | 4,760 | 1.40% | 124 | 8,834 |
Fairfield | 62.67% | 5,263 | 35.85% | 3,011 | 1.48% | 124 | 8,398 |
Florence | 41.41% | 17,157 | 57.14% | 23,678 | 1.45% | 602 | 41,437 |
Georgetown | 46.41% | 9,445 | 51.77% | 10,535 | 1.82% | 371 | 20,351 |
Greenville | 31.23% | 43,810 | 66.09% | 92,714 | 2.69% | 3,769 | 140,293 |
Greenwood | 39.02% | 8,139 | 58.45% | 12,193 | 2.53% | 528 | 20,860 |
Hampton | 63.10% | 4,896 | 36.06% | 2,798 | 0.84% | 65 | 7,759 |
Horry | 40.85% | 29,113 | 56.55% | 40,300 | 2.60% | 1,852 | 71,265 |
Jasper | 56.36% | 3,646 | 37.32% | 2,414 | 6.32% | 409 | 6,469 |
Kershaw | 37.75% | 7,428 | 60.53% | 11,911 | 1.72% | 338 | 19,677 |
Lancaster | 42.41% | 8,782 | 56.39% | 11,676 | 1.19% | 247 | 20,705 |
Laurens | 38.80% | 7,920 | 59.29% | 12,102 | 1.90% | 388 | 20,410 |
Lee | 58.70% | 3,899 | 40.27% | 2,675 | 1.02% | 68 | 6,642 |
Lexington | 27.48% | 22,830 | 69.93% | 58,095 | 2.60% | 2,156 | 83,081 |
McCormick | 51.79% | 1,896 | 46.54% | 1,704 | 1.67% | 61 | 3,661 |
Marion | 60.56% | 7,358 | 38.58% | 4,687 | 0.86% | 104 | 12,149 |
Marlboro | 64.19% | 5,060 | 34.24% | 2,699 | 1.57% | 124 | 7,883 |
Newberry | 35.79% | 4,428 | 60.56% | 7,492 | 3.65% | 452 | 12,372 |
Oconee | 32.11% | 7,571 | 65.17% | 15,364 | 2.71% | 640 | 23,575 |
Orangeburg | 60.49% | 19,802 | 38.67% | 12,657 | 0.84% | 275 | 32,734 |
Pickens | 25.81% | 8,927 | 71.37% | 24,681 | 2.82% | 974 | 34,582 |
Richland | 54.32% | 62,701 | 43.04% | 49,675 | 2.64% | 3,045 | 115,421 |
Saluda | 38.92% | 2,682 | 59.47% | 4,098 | 1.61% | 111 | 6,891 |
Spartanburg | 35.38% | 29,559 | 62.37% | 52,114 | 2.25% | 1,880 | 83,553 |
Sumter | 46.83% | 14,365 | 51.89% | 15,915 | 1.28% | 392 | 30,672 |
Union | 44.03% | 4,662 | 54.47% | 5,768 | 1.50% | 159 | 10,589 |
Williamsburg | 59.33% | 6,723 | 39.93% | 4,524 | 0.74% | 84 | 11,331 |
York | 35.42% | 19,251 | 62.14% | 33,776 | 2.44% | 1,324 | 54,351 |
By congressional district
Bush won 5 of 6 congressional districts including a district won by a Democratic representative
District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
---|---|---|---|
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 M. Spratt, Jr. |
6th | 36% | 63% | Jim Clyburn |
References
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- ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0
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- ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html
See also
- Pages with broken file links
- Elections using electoral votes
- Articles containing potentially dated statements from November 2016
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- 2000 United States presidential election by state
- United States presidential elections in South Carolina
- 2000 South Carolina elections