2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina explained

Election Name:	2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina
Country:	South Carolina
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1996 United States presidential election in South Carolina
Previous Year:	1996
Next Election:	2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina
Next Year:	2004
Election Date:	November 7, 2000
Image1:	Official Portrait- President George Walker Bush, 43rd President of the United States, Republican - DPLA - 7482eac0e113bf03014d1686a3733f97.jpeg
Nominee1:	George W. Bush
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Texas
Running Mate1:	Dick Cheney
Electoral Vote1:	8
Popular Vote1:	786,426
Percentage1:	56.83%
Nominee2:	Al Gore
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Tennessee
Running Mate2:	Joe Lieberman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	566,039
Percentage2:	40.91%
President
Before Election:	Bill Clinton
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	George W. Bush
After Party:	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., 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.^[1] 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Withdrawn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^[2]	Percentage	Delegates
George W. Bush	305,998	53.39%	34
	239,964	41.87%	3
	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^[3]	Percentage	Delegates
Al Gore	8,864	91.79%	43
Uncommitted	514	5.32%	0
	172	1.78%	0
William Kreml	107	1.11%	0
Total	9,657	100%	34

Campaign

Predictions

Source	Rating	As of
The Orlando Sentinel^[4]		September 10, 2000
The Island Packet^[5]		September 17, 2000
The News and Observer^[6]		October 18, 2000
Richmond Times-Dispatch^[7]		October 29, 2000
The State^[8]		October 30, 2000
The Central New Jersey Home News^[9]		November 2, 2000
Los Angeles Times^[10]		November 3, 2000

Results

2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina^[11]
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
	Constitution	Howard Phillips	1,682	0.12%	0
	Natural Law	John Hagelin	943	0.07%	0

Results by county

County^[12]	George W. Bush Republican		Al Gore Democratic		Ralph Nader United Citizens		Harry Browne Libertarian		Pat Buchanan Reform		Howard Phillips Constitution		John Hagelin Natural Law		Margin		Total
		%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Abbeville		4,450		53.14%		3,766		44.97%		66		0.79%		11		0.13%		70		0.84%		8		0.10%		3		0.04%		684		8.17%		8,374
	Aiken		33,203		65.38%		16,409		32.31%		676		1.33%		178		0.35%		235		0.46%		42		0.08%		39		0.08%		16,794		33.07%		50,782
	Allendale		967		28.95%		2,338		70.00%		17		0.51%		4		0.12%		7		0.21%		4		0.12%		3		0.09%		-1,371		-41.05%		3,340
	Anderson		35,827		63.21%		19,606		34.59%		777		1.37%		176		0.31%		216		0.38%		41		0.07%		38		0.07%		16,221		28.62%		56,681
	Bamberg		2,047		36.88%		3,451		62.17%		19		0.34%		12		0.22%		12		0.22%		6		0.11%		4		0.07%		-1,404		-25.29%		5,551
	Barnwell		4,521		54.63%		3,661		44.24%		43		0.52%		10		0.12%		29		0.35%		6		0.07%		6		0.07%		860		10.39%		8,276
	Beaufort		25,561		57.90%		17,487		39.61%		846		1.92%		135		0.31%		68		0.15%		24		0.05%		27		0.06%		8,074		18.29%		44,148
	Berkeley		24,796		57.24%		17,707		40.88%		464		1.07%		182		0.42%		85		0.20%		54		0.12%		28		0.06%		7,089		16.36%		43,316
	Calhoun		3,216		50.46%		3,063		48.06%		60		0.94%		21		0.33%		9		0.14%		1		0.02%		3		0.05%		153		2.40%		6,373
	Charleston		58,229		52.23%		49,520		44.42%		2,631		2.36%		714		0.64%		154		0.14%		149		0.13%		79		0.07%		8,709		7.81%		111,476
	Cherokee		9,900		60.65%		6,138		37.60%		144		0.88%		52		0.32%		55		0.34%		16		0.10%		18		0.11%		3,762		23.05%		16,323
	Chester		4,986		47.80%		5,242		50.25%		98		0.94%		39		0.37%		34		0.33%		14		0.13%		19		0.18%		-256		-2.45%		10,432
	Chesterfield		6,266		50.02%		6,111		48.79%		105		0.84%		16		0.13%		16		0.13%		6		0.05%		6		0.05%		155		1.23%		12,526
	Clarendon		5,186		45.93%		5,999		53.14%		64		0.57%		13		0.12%		12		0.11%		13		0.12%		3		0.03%		-813		-7.21%		11,290
	Colleton		6,767		50.54%		6,449		48.16%		104		0.78%		22		0.16%		19		0.14%		22		0.16%		7		0.05%		318		2.38%		13,390
	Darlington		11,290		51.64%		10,253		46.90%		166		0.76%		54		0.25%		47		0.21%		36		0.16%		17		0.08%		1,037		4.74%		21,863
	Dillon		3,975		44.22%		4,930		54.84%		46		0.51%		14		0.16%		8		0.09%		16		0.18%		1		0.01%		-955		-10.62%		8,990
	Dorchester		20,734		61.63%		12,168		36.17%		476		1.41%		151		0.45%		65		0.19%		28		0.08%		19		0.06%		8,566		25.46%		33,641
	Edgefield		4,760		53.88%		3,950		44.71%		65		0.74%		20		0.23%		29		0.33%		5		0.06%		5		0.06%		810		9.17%		8,834
	Fairfield		3,011		35.85%		5,263		62.67%		70		0.83%		18		0.21%		12		0.14%		14		0.17%		10		0.12%		-2,252		-26.82%		8,398
	Florence		23,678		57.14%		17,157		41.41%		394		0.95%		85		0.21%		71		0.17%		33		0.08%		19		0.05%		6,521		15.73%		41,437
	Georgetown		10,535		51.77%		9,445		46.41%		270		1.33%		50		0.25%		20		0.10%		16		0.08%		15		0.07%		1,090		5.36%		20,351
	Greenville		92,714		66.09%		43,810		31.23%		2,388		1.70%		584		0.42%		485		0.35%		223		0.16%		89		0.06%		48,904		34.86%		140,293
	Greenwood		12,193		58.45%		8,139		39.02%		263		1.26%		104		0.50%		59		0.28%		83		0.40%		19		0.09%		4,054		19.43%		20,860
	Hampton		2,798		36.06%		4,896		63.10%		39		0.50%		3		0.04%		8		0.10%		11		0.14%		4		0.05%		-2,098		-27.04%		7,759
	Horry		40,300		56.55%		29,113		40.85%		1,405		1.97%		181		0.25%		145		0.20%		78		0.11%		43		0.06%		11,187		15.70%		71,265
	Jasper		2,414		37.32%		3,646		56.36%		134		2.07%		14		0.22%		245		3.79%		14		0.22%		2		0.03%		-1,232		-19.04%		6,469
	Kershaw		11,911		60.53%		7,428		37.75%		211		1.07%		49		0.25%		53		0.27%		11		0.06%		14		0.07%		4,483		22.78%		19,677
	Lancaster		11,676		56.39%		8,782		42.41%		161		0.78%		51		0.25%		31		0.15%		4		0.02%		0		0.00%		2,894		13.98%		20,705
	Laurens		12,102		59.29%		7,920		38.80%		213		1.04%		50		0.24%		90		0.44%		23		0.11%		12		0.06%		4,182		20.49%		20,410
	Lee		2,675		40.27%		3,899		58.70%		32		0.48%		10		0.15%		17		0.26%		4		0.06%		5		0.08%		-1,224		-18.43%		6,642
	Lexington		58,095		69.93%		22,830		27.48%		1,444		1.74%		373		0.45%		211		0.25%		84		0.10%		44		0.05%		35,265		42.45%		83,081
	McCormick		1,704		46.54%		1,896		51.79%		53		0.44%		14		0.12%		11		0.09%		22		0.18%		4		0.03%		-192		-5.25%		3,661
	Marion		4,687		38.58%		7,358		60.56%		52		0.66%		12		0.15%		16		0.20%		18		0.23%		26		0.33%		-2,671		-21.98%		12,149
	Marlboro		2,699		34.24%		5,060		64.19%		38		1.04%		6		0.16%		8		0.22%		2		0.05%		7		0.19%		-2,361		-29.95%		7,883
	Newberry		7,492		60.56%		4,428		35.79%		210		1.70%		65		0.53%		53		0.43%		77		0.62%		47		0.38%		3,064		24.77%		12,372
	Oconee		15,364		65.17%		7,571		32.11%		451		1.91%		80		0.34%		60		0.25%		25		0.11%		24		0.10%		7,793		33.06%		23,575
	Orangeburg		12,657		38.67%		19,802		60.49%		170		0.52%		41		0.13%		30		0.09%		21		0.06%		13		0.04%		-7,145		-21.82%		32,734
	Pickens		24,681		71.37%		8,927		25.81%		606		1.75%		189		0.55%		97		0.28%		49		0.14%		33		0.10%		15,754		45.56%		34,582
	Richland		50,164		43.07%		63,179		54.24%		2,277		1.97%		414		0.36%		157		0.14%		144		0.12%		53		0.05%		-13,015		-11.17%		116,481
	Saluda		4,098		59.47%		2,682		38.92%		56		0.81%		16		0.23%		31		0.45%		2		0.03%		6		0.09%		1,416		20.55%		6,891
	Spartanburg		52,114		62.37%		29,559		35.38%		1,150		1.38%		280		0.34%		247		0.30%		136		0.16%		67		0.08%		22,555		26.99%		83,553
	Sumter		15,915		51.89%		14,365		46.83%		270		0.88%		38		0.12%		38		0.12%		22		0.07%		24		0.08%		1,550		5.06%		30,672
	Union		5,768		54.47%		4,662		44.03%		90		0.85%		23		0.22%		34		0.32%		5		0.05%		7		0.07%		1,106		10.44%		10,589
	Williamsburg		4,524		39.93%		6,723		59.33%		46		0.41%		12		0.11%		5		0.04%		17		0.15%		4		0.04%		-2,199		-19.40%		11,331
	York		33,776		62.14%		19,251		35.42%		840		1.55%		290		0.53%		115		0.21%		53		0.10%		26		0.05%		14,525		26.72%		54,351
Totals	786,426	56.83%	566,039	40.91%	20,200	1.46%	4,876	0.35%	3,519	0.25%	1,682	0.12%	942	0.07%	220,387	15.92%	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 a district held by a Democrat.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
	59%	38%		Mark Sanford
			Henry E. Brown Jr.
		58%	39%		Floyd Spence
		63%	35%		Lindsey Graham
		64%	33%		Jim DeMint
		56%	42%		John Spratt
		36%	63%		Jim Clyburn

Electors

See main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors.

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000^[11] 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:^[13]

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

See also

• 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries
• South Carolina primary

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2000 Republican Presidential Primary Results — South Carolina. 2009-02-27.
2. Web site: FEC 2000 Republican Presidential Primary Results — South Carolina. 2012-01-07.
3. Web site: 2000 South Carolina Democratic Caucus Results. 2022-07-18.
4. News: Brown. 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 Sentinel.
5. News: Miller. 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-A.
6. News: October 18, 2000. The Prize Is Still out There. 14A. The News and Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina.
7. News: Bush Has Small Electoral Lead. Richmond Times-Dispatch. The Associated Press. October 29, 2000. A8.
8. News: S.C Presidential Poll. The State. Rasmussen Research. October 20, 2000 . A6.
9. News: Raasch. 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, A6.
10. News: Brownstein. 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, A5.
11. Web site: 2000 Presidential General Election Results — South Carolina. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
12. Web site: SC US President Race, November 07, 2000. Our Campaigns.
13. Web site: President Elect ± 2000 . 2011-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212174238/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html . 2012-02-12 . dead .