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. , 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. 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Withdrawn Former Undersecretary of Education Gary Bauer of Kentucky Businessman Steve Forbes of New Jersey Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah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

Candidate Votes 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Withdrawn U.S. Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey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 Votes 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 SentinelSeptember 10, 2000The Island PacketSeptember 17, 2000The News and ObserverOctober 18, 2000Richmond Times-DispatchOctober 29, 2000The StateOctober 30, 2000The Central New Jersey Home NewsNovember 2, 2000Los Angeles TimesNovember 3, 2000

Results 2000 United States presidential election in South CarolinaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral 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 GoreDemocraticRalph NaderUnited CitizensHarry BrowneLibertarianPat BuchananReformHoward PhillipsConstitutionJohn HagelinNatural LawMarginTotal # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Abbeville4,45053.14%3,76644.97% 66 0.79% 11 0.13% 70 0.84% 8 0.10% 3 0.04%6848.17%8,374Aiken33,20365.38%16,40932.31% 676 1.33% 178 0.35% 235 0.46% 42 0.08% 39 0.08%16,79433.07%50,782Allendale96728.95%2,33870.00% 17 0.51% 4 0.12% 7 0.21% 4 0.12% 3 0.09%-1,371-41.05%3,340Anderson35,82763.21%19,60634.59% 777 1.37% 176 0.31% 216 0.38% 41 0.07% 38 0.07%16,22128.62%56,681Bamberg2,04736.88%3,45162.17% 19 0.34% 12 0.22% 12 0.22% 6 0.11% 4 0.07%-1,404-25.29%5,551Barnwell4,52154.63%3,66144.24% 43 0.52% 10 0.12% 29 0.35% 6 0.07% 6 0.07%86010.39%8,276Beaufort25,56157.90%17,48739.61% 846 1.92% 135 0.31% 68 0.15% 24 0.05% 27 0.06%8,07418.29%44,148Berkeley24,79657.24%17,70740.88% 464 1.07% 182 0.42% 85 0.20% 54 0.12% 28 0.06%7,08916.36%43,316Calhoun3,21650.46%3,06348.06% 60 0.94% 21 0.33% 9 0.14% 1 0.02% 3 0.05%1532.40%6,373Charleston58,22952.23%49,52044.42% 2,631 2.36% 714 0.64% 154 0.14% 149 0.13% 79 0.07%8,7097.81%111,476Cherokee9,90060.65%6,13837.60% 144 0.88% 52 0.32% 55 0.34% 16 0.10% 18 0.11%3,76223.05%16,323Chester4,98647.80%5,24250.25% 98 0.94% 39 0.37% 34 0.33% 14 0.13% 19 0.18%-256-2.45%10,432Chesterfield6,26650.02%6,11148.79% 105 0.84% 16 0.13% 16 0.13% 6 0.05% 6 0.05%1551.23%12,526Clarendon5,18645.93%5,99953.14% 64 0.57% 13 0.12% 12 0.11% 13 0.12% 3 0.03%-813-7.21%11,290Colleton6,76750.54%6,44948.16% 104 0.78% 22 0.16% 19 0.14% 22 0.16% 7 0.05%3182.38%13,390Darlington11,29051.64%10,25346.90% 166 0.76% 54 0.25% 47 0.21% 36 0.16% 17 0.08%1,0374.74%21,863Dillon3,97544.22%4,93054.84% 46 0.51% 14 0.16% 8 0.09% 16 0.18% 1 0.01%-955-10.62%8,990Dorchester20,73461.63%12,16836.17% 476 1.41% 151 0.45% 65 0.19% 28 0.08% 19 0.06%8,56625.46%33,641Edgefield4,76053.88%3,95044.71% 65 0.74% 20 0.23% 29 0.33% 5 0.06% 5 0.06%8109.17%8,834Fairfield3,01135.85%5,26362.67% 70 0.83% 18 0.21% 12 0.14% 14 0.17% 10 0.12%-2,252-26.82%8,398Florence23,67857.14%17,15741.41% 394 0.95% 85 0.21% 71 0.17% 33 0.08% 19 0.05%6,52115.73%41,437Georgetown10,53551.77%9,44546.41% 270 1.33% 50 0.25% 20 0.10% 16 0.08% 15 0.07%1,0905.36%20,351Greenville92,71466.09%43,81031.23% 2,388 1.70% 584 0.42% 485 0.35% 223 0.16% 89 0.06%48,90434.86%140,293Greenwood12,19358.45%8,13939.02% 263 1.26% 104 0.50% 59 0.28% 83 0.40% 19 0.09%4,05419.43%20,860Hampton2,79836.06%4,89663.10% 39 0.50% 3 0.04% 8 0.10% 11 0.14% 4 0.05%-2,098-27.04%7,759Horry40,30056.55%29,11340.85% 1,405 1.97% 181 0.25% 145 0.20% 78 0.11% 43 0.06%11,18715.70%71,265Jasper2,41437.32%3,64656.36% 134 2.07% 14 0.22% 245 3.79% 14 0.22% 2 0.03%-1,232-19.04%6,469Kershaw11,91160.53%7,42837.75% 211 1.07% 49 0.25% 53 0.27% 11 0.06% 14 0.07%4,48322.78%19,677Lancaster11,67656.39%8,78242.41% 161 0.78% 51 0.25% 31 0.15% 4 0.02% 0 0.00%2,89413.98%20,705Laurens12,10259.29%7,92038.80% 213 1.04% 50 0.24% 90 0.44% 23 0.11% 12 0.06%4,18220.49%20,410Lee2,67540.27%3,89958.70% 32 0.48% 10 0.15% 17 0.26% 4 0.06% 5 0.08%-1,224-18.43%6,642Lexington58,09569.93%22,83027.48% 1,444 1.74% 373 0.45% 211 0.25% 84 0.10% 44 0.05%35,26542.45%83,081McCormick1,70446.54%1,89651.79% 53 0.44% 14 0.12% 11 0.09% 22 0.18% 4 0.03%-192-5.25%3,661Marion4,68738.58%7,35860.56% 52 0.66% 12 0.15% 16 0.20% 18 0.23% 26 0.33%-2,671-21.98%12,149Marlboro2,69934.24%5,06064.19% 38 1.04% 6 0.16% 8 0.22% 2 0.05% 7 0.19%-2,361-29.95%7,883Newberry7,49260.56%4,42835.79% 210 1.70% 65 0.53% 53 0.43% 77 0.62% 47 0.38%3,06424.77%12,372Oconee15,36465.17%7,57132.11% 451 1.91% 80 0.34% 60 0.25% 25 0.11% 24 0.10%7,79333.06%23,575Orangeburg12,65738.67%19,80260.49% 170 0.52% 41 0.13% 30 0.09% 21 0.06% 13 0.04%-7,145-21.82%32,734Pickens24,68171.37%8,92725.81% 606 1.75% 189 0.55% 97 0.28% 49 0.14% 33 0.10%15,75445.56%34,582Richland50,16443.07%63,17954.24% 2,277 1.97% 414 0.36% 157 0.14% 144 0.12% 53 0.05%-13,015-11.17%116,481Saluda4,09859.47%2,68238.92% 56 0.81% 16 0.23% 31 0.45% 2 0.03% 6 0.09%1,41620.55%6,891Spartanburg52,11462.37%29,55935.38% 1,150 1.38% 280 0.34% 247 0.30% 136 0.16% 67 0.08%22,55526.99%83,553Sumter15,91551.89%14,36546.83% 270 0.88% 38 0.12% 38 0.12% 22 0.07% 24 0.08%1,5505.06%30,672Union5,76854.47%4,66244.03% 90 0.85% 23 0.22% 34 0.32% 5 0.05% 7 0.07%1,10610.44%10,589Williamsburg4,52439.93%6,72359.33% 46 0.41% 12 0.11% 5 0.04% 17 0.15% 4 0.04%-2,199-19.40%11,331York33,77662.14%19,25135.42% 840 1.55% 290 0.53% 115 0.21% 53 0.10% 26 0.05%14,52526.72%54,351Totals786,42656.83%566,03940.91%20,2001.46%4,8760.35%3,5190.25%1,6820.12%9420.07%220,38715.92%1,383,777

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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.

District Bush Gore Representative59%38%Mark SanfordHenry E. Brown Jr. 58% 39%Floyd Spence 63% 35%Lindsey Graham 64% 33%Jim DeMint 56% 42%John Spratt 36% 63% Jim Clyburn

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: 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

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