- Source: 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.
South Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 15.92% margin of victory. 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. 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
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Former Undersecretary of Education Gary Bauer of Kentucky
Businessman Steve Forbes of New Jersey
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah
Results
= 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
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U.S. Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey
Results
Campaign
= Predictions
=Results
= Results by county
=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.
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
References
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