2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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.

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 56.83% 40.91%

County Results

President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

South Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 15.92% margin of victory. As of the 2020 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Withdrawn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
Abbeville44.97%3,76653.14%4,4501.89%1588,374
Aiken32.31%16,40965.38%33,2032.30%1,17050,782
Allendale70.00%2,33828.95%9671.05%353,340
Anderson34.59%19,60663.21%35,8272.20%1,24856,681
Bamberg62.17%3,45136.88%2,0470.95%535,551
Barnwell44.24%3,66154.63%4,5211.14%948,276
Beaufort39.61%17,48757.90%25,5612.49%1,10044,148
Berkeley40.88%17,70757.24%24,7961.88%81343,316
Calhoun48.06%3,06350.46%3,2161.47%946,373
Charleston44.42%49,52052.23%58,2293.34%3,727111,476
Cherokee37.60%6,13860.65%9,9001.75%28516,323
Chester50.25%5,24247.80%4,9861.96%20410,432
Chesterfield48.79%6,11150.02%6,2661.19%14912,526
Clarendon53.14%5,99945.93%5,1860.93%10511,290
Colleton48.16%6,44950.54%6,7671.30%17413,390
Darlington46.90%10,25351.64%11,2901.46%32021,863
Dillon54.84%4,93044.22%3,9750.95%858,990
Dorchester36.17%12,16861.63%20,7342.20%73933,641
Edgefield44.71%3,95053.88%4,7601.40%1248,834
Fairfield62.67%5,26335.85%3,0111.48%1248,398
Florence41.41%17,15757.14%23,6781.45%60241,437
Georgetown46.41%9,44551.77%10,5351.82%37120,351
Greenville31.23%43,81066.09%92,7142.69%3,769140,293
Greenwood39.02%8,13958.45%12,1932.53%52820,860
Hampton63.10%4,89636.06%2,7980.84%657,759
Horry40.85%29,11356.55%40,3002.60%1,85271,265
Jasper56.36%3,64637.32%2,4146.32%4096,469
Kershaw37.75%7,42860.53%11,9111.72%33819,677
Lancaster42.41%8,78256.39%11,6761.19%24720,705
Laurens38.80%7,92059.29%12,1021.90%38820,410
Lee58.70%3,89940.27%2,6751.02%686,642
Lexington27.48%22,83069.93%58,0952.60%2,15683,081
McCormick51.79%1,89646.54%1,7041.67%613,661
Marion60.56%7,35838.58%4,6870.86%10412,149
Marlboro64.19%5,06034.24%2,6991.57%1247,883
Newberry35.79%4,42860.56%7,4923.65%45212,372
Oconee32.11%7,57165.17%15,3642.71%64023,575
Orangeburg60.49%19,80238.67%12,6570.84%27532,734
Pickens25.81%8,92771.37%24,6812.82%97434,582
Richland54.32%62,70143.04%49,6752.64%3,045115,421
Saluda38.92%2,68259.47%4,0981.61%1116,891
Spartanburg35.38%29,55962.37%52,1142.25%1,88083,553
Sumter46.83%14,36551.89%15,9151.28%39230,672
Union44.03%4,66254.47%5,7681.50%15910,589
Williamsburg59.33%6,72339.93%4,5240.74%8411,331
York35.42%19,25162.14%33,7762.44%1,32454,351

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 Spratt
6th 36% 63% Jim Clyburn

See also

References

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