2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 2000 United States presidential election 2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1996 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1996 2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina 2004 November 7, 2000 x200px GeorgeWBush (1).jpg George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Texas Dick Cheney 8 786,426 56.83% Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg Al Gore Democratic Party (United States) Tennessee Joe Lieberman 0 566,039 40.91% 2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina results map by county.svg County results Bush #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Gore #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President Bill Clinton Democratic Party (United States) George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) 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. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Sumter County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. Primaries Republican primary The Republican primary was held on February 19, 2000, with 37 delegates at stake.http://www.uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/PRIMARY/PE2000/primR2000SC.html 2000 Republican Presidential Primary Results — South Carolina 2009-02-27 South Carolina would prove to be a crucially important state for then-Texas Governor George W. Bush after losing to Arizona Senator 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 Candidates Governor George W. Bush of Texas Former Ambassador Alan Keyes of Maryland Senator John McCain of Arizona Withdrawn Former Undersecretary of Education Gary Bauer of Kentucky Businessman Steve Forbes of New Jersey Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah Results thumb|2000 South Carolina Primary county Map#F4C2C2 George W. Bush 1px #AAAAAA solid Red John McCain 1px #AAAAAA solid Candidate Voteshttp://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2000/2000presprim.htm#SC FEC 2000 Republican Presidential Primary Results — South Carolina 2012-01-07 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 Democratic Caucuses The Democratic caucuses were held on March 7, with 43 delegates at stake. As the only major candidate left in the race, Vice President Al Gore easily won all the delegates. Candidates Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee William Kreml of South Carolina Withdrawn U.S. Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey Results Candidate Voteshttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=45&f=1&off=0&elect=1 2000 South Carolina Democratic Caucus Results 2022-07-18 Percentage Delegates Al Gore 8,864 91.79% 43 Uncommitted 514 5.32% 0 Bill Bradley 172 1.78% 0 William Kreml 107 1.11% 0 Total 9,657 100% 34 Campaign Predictions SourceRatingAs ofThe Orlando SentinelBrown Peter A. September 10, 2000 Electoral College Analysis Shows the Race Is a Dead Heat: Florida Could Be Decisive This November G1, G4 The Orlando SentinelCertain RSeptember 10, 2000The Island PacketMiller Karin Gore, Bush Fight for Votes in Battleground Home Turf — Regional Credentials, Changing Makeup Could Be Key to Race The Island Packet Associated Press September 17, 2000 Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 15-ALikely RSeptember 17, 2000The News and ObserverOctober 18, 2000 The Prize Is Still out There 14A The News and Observer Raleigh, North CarolinaLikely ROctober 18, 2000Richmond Times-DispatchBush Has Small Electoral Lead Richmond Times-Dispatch The Associated Press October 29, 2000 A8Safe ROctober 29, 2000The StateS.C Presidential Poll The State Rasmussen Research October 20, 2000 A6Safe ROctober 30, 2000The Central New Jersey Home NewsRaasch Chuck Vote May Be Closest in 40 Years: Presidential Outcome Expected to Hinge on Swing States The Central New Jersey Home News November 2, 2000 New Brunswick, New Jersey A1, A6Solid RNovember 2, 2000Los Angeles TimesBrownstein Ronald Popular-Vote Winner Could End Up a Loser — NUMBERS: Pollsters See Visions of 1888 Cleveland Victorywork=Los Angeles Timesdate=November 3, 2000 Los Angeles, California A1, A5Safe RNovember 3, 2000 Results 2000 United States presidential election in South Carolinahttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=45&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 2000 Presidential General Election Results — South Carolina Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential ElectionsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral 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% 0ConstitutionHoward Phillips 1,682 0.12% 0Natural LawJohn Hagelin 943 0.07% 0 Results by county CountyGeorge W. BushRepublicanAl GoreDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Abbeville4,45053.14%3,76644.97%1581.89%6848.17%8,374Aiken33,20365.38%16,40932.31%1,1702.30%16,79433.07%50,782Allendale96728.95%2,33870.00%351.05%-1,371-41.05%3,340Anderson35,82763.21%19,60634.59%1,2482.20%16,22128.62%56,681Bamberg2,04736.88%3,45162.17%530.95%-1,404-25.29%5,551Barnwell4,52154.63%3,66144.24%941.14%86010.39%8,276Beaufort25,56157.90%17,48739.61%1,1002.49%8,07418.29%44,148Berkeley24,79657.24%17,70740.88%8131.88%7,08916.36%43,316Calhoun3,21650.46%3,06348.06%941.47%1532.40%6,373Charleston58,22952.23%49,52044.42%3,7273.34%8,7097.81%111,476Cherokee9,90060.65%6,13837.60%2851.75%3,76223.05%16,323Chester4,98647.80%5,24250.25%2041.96%-256-2.45%10,432Chesterfield6,26650.02%6,11148.79%1491.19%1551.23%12,526Clarendon5,18645.93%5,99953.14%1050.93%-813-7.21%11,290Colleton6,76750.54%6,44948.16%1741.30%3182.38%13,390Darlington11,29051.64%10,25346.90%3201.46%1,0374.74%21,863Dillon3,97544.22%4,93054.84%850.95%-955-10.62%8,990Dorchester20,73461.63%12,16836.17%7392.20%8,56625.46%33,641Edgefield4,76053.88%3,95044.71%1241.40%8109.17%8,834Fairfield3,01135.85%5,26362.67%1241.48%-2,252-26.82%8,398Florence23,67857.14%17,15741.41%6021.45%6,52115.73%41,437Georgetown10,53551.77%9,44546.41%3711.82%1,0905.36%20,351Greenville92,71466.09%43,81031.23%3,7692.69%48,90434.86%140,293Greenwood12,19358.45%8,13939.02%5282.53%4,05419.43%20,860Hampton2,79836.06%4,89663.10%650.84%-2,098-27.04%7,759Horry40,30056.55%29,11340.85%1,8522.60%11,18715.70%71,265Jasper2,41437.32%3,64656.36%4096.32%-1,232-19.04%6,469Kershaw11,91160.53%7,42837.75%3381.72%4,48322.78%19,677Lancaster11,67656.39%8,78242.41%2471.19%2,89413.98%20,705Laurens12,10259.29%7,92038.80%3881.90%4,18220.49%20,410Lee2,67540.27%3,89958.70%681.02%-1,224-18.43%6,642Lexington58,09569.93%22,83027.48%2,1562.60%35,26542.45%83,081McCormick1,70446.54%1,89651.79%611.67%-192-5.25%3,661Marion4,68738.58%7,35860.56%1040.86%-2,671-21.98%12,149Marlboro2,69934.24%5,06064.19%1241.57%-2,361-29.95%7,883Newberry7,49260.56%4,42835.79%4523.65%3,06424.77%12,372Oconee15,36465.17%7,57132.11%6402.71%7,79333.06%23,575Orangeburg12,65738.67%19,80260.49%2750.84%-7,145-21.82%32,734Pickens24,68171.37%8,92725.81%9742.82%15,75445.56%34,582Richland50,16443.07%63,17954.24%3,1382.69%-13,015-11.17%116,481Saluda4,09859.47%2,68238.92%1111.61%1,41620.55%6,891Spartanburg52,11462.37%29,55935.38%1,8802.25%22,55526.99%83,553Sumter15,91551.89%14,36546.83%3921.28%1,5505.06%30,672Union5,76854.47%4,66244.03%1591.50%1,10610.44%10,589Williamsburg4,52439.93%6,72359.33%840.74%-2,199-19.40%11,331York33,77662.14%19,25135.42%1,3242.44%14,52526.72%54,351Totals786,42656.83%566,03940.91%31,3122.26%220,38715.93%1,383,777 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Abbeville (Largest city: Abbeville) Calhoun (Largest city: St. Matthews) Chesterfield (Largest city: Cheraw) Colleton (Largest city: Walterboro) Darlington (Largest city: Hartsville) Georgetown (Largest city: Murrells Inlet) Lancaster (Largest city: Lancaster) Sumter (Largest city: Sumter) Union (Largest city: Union) Results by congressional district Bush won five of six congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=2000&fips=45&f=0&off=0&elect=0&datatype=cd&def=1 District Bush Gore RepresentativeSouth Carolina 1 1st59%38%Mark SanfordHenry E. Brown Jr.South Carolina 2 2nd 58% 39%Floyd SpenceSouth Carolina 3 3rd 63% 35%Lindsey GrahamSouth Carolina 4 4th 64% 33%Jim DeMintSouth Carolina 5 5th 56% 42%John SprattSouth Carolina 6 6th 36% 63% Jim Clyburn Electors List of 2000 United States presidential electors The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000 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:http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html President Elect ± 2000 2011-05-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html 2012-02-12 dead Cynthia F. Costa Danny R. Faulkner Thomas H. McLean William B. Prince Dan Richardson Douglas L. Wavle Cecil F. Windham Sr. Buddy Witherspoon See also 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries South Carolina primary References South Carolina 2000 Presidential