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Election 2000 Results

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2000 presidential election in South Carolina

George W. Bush (Republican) beat Al Gore (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2000, 56.9% to 40.9%, a margin of 16.0 points and 220,855 votes.

South Carolina voted 16.5 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1996, when Bob Dole won.

Republicans led in 31 of the 46 counties and Democrats in 15. The largest, Greenville, cast 140,293 votes and went to the Republican by 34.9 points. The closest was Calhoun, where 153 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George W. Bush won Republican 786,892 56.9%
Al Gore Democratic 566,037 40.9%
All other candidates 30,973 2.2%
Total1,383,902

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 43,810 31.2% 92,714 66.1% 3,769 140,293 R+34.9
Richland 63,179 54.2% 50,164 43.1% 3,138 116,481 D+11.2
Charleston 49,520 44.4% 58,229 52.2% 3,727 111,476 R+7.8
Spartanburg 29,559 35.4% 52,114 62.4% 1,880 83,553 R+27.0
Lexington 22,830 27.5% 58,095 69.9% 2,156 83,081 R+42.4
Horry 29,113 40.9% 40,300 56.5% 1,852 71,265 R+15.7
Anderson 19,606 34.6% 35,827 63.2% 1,248 56,681 R+28.6
York 19,251 35.4% 33,776 62.1% 1,324 54,351 R+26.7
Aiken 16,409 32.3% 33,203 65.4% 1,170 50,782 R+33.1
Beaufort 17,487 39.6% 25,561 57.9% 1,100 44,148 R+18.3
Berkeley 17,707 40.9% 24,796 57.2% 813 43,316 R+16.4
Florence 17,157 41.4% 23,678 57.1% 602 41,437 R+15.7
Pickens 8,927 25.8% 24,681 71.4% 974 34,582 R+45.6
Dorchester 12,168 36.2% 20,734 61.6% 739 33,641 R+25.5
Orangeburg 19,802 60.5% 12,657 38.7% 275 32,734 D+21.8
Sumter 14,365 46.8% 15,915 51.9% 392 30,672 R+5.1
Oconee 7,571 32.1% 15,364 65.2% 640 23,575 R+33.1
Darlington 10,253 46.9% 11,290 51.6% 320 21,863 R+4.7
Greenwood 8,139 39.0% 12,193 58.5% 528 20,860 R+19.4
Lancaster 8,782 42.4% 11,676 56.4% 247 20,705 R+14.0
Laurens 7,920 38.8% 12,102 59.3% 388 20,410 R+20.5
Georgetown 9,445 46.4% 10,535 51.8% 371 20,351 R+5.4
Kershaw 7,428 37.7% 11,911 60.5% 338 19,677 R+22.8
Cherokee 6,138 37.6% 9,900 60.7% 285 16,323 R+23.0
Colleton 6,449 48.2% 6,767 50.5% 174 13,390 R+2.4
Chesterfield 6,111 48.8% 6,266 50.0% 149 12,526 R+1.2
Newberry 4,428 35.8% 7,492 60.6% 452 12,372 R+24.8
Marion 7,358 60.6% 4,687 38.6% 104 12,149 D+22.0
Williamsburg 6,723 59.3% 4,524 39.9% 84 11,331 D+19.4
Clarendon 5,999 53.1% 5,186 45.9% 105 11,290 D+7.2
Union 4,662 44.0% 5,768 54.5% 159 10,589 R+10.4
Chester 5,242 50.2% 4,986 47.8% 204 10,432 D+2.5
Dillon 4,930 54.8% 3,975 44.2% 85 8,990 D+10.6
Edgefield 3,950 44.7% 4,760 53.9% 124 8,834 R+9.2
Fairfield 5,263 62.7% 3,011 35.9% 124 8,398 D+26.8
Abbeville 3,766 45.0% 4,450 53.1% 158 8,374 R+8.2
Barnwell 3,661 44.2% 4,521 54.6% 94 8,276 R+10.4
Marlboro 5,060 64.2% 2,699 34.2% 124 7,883 D+30.0
Hampton 4,896 63.1% 2,798 36.1% 65 7,759 D+27.0
Saluda 2,682 38.9% 4,098 59.5% 111 6,891 R+20.5
Lee 3,899 58.7% 2,675 40.3% 68 6,642 D+18.4
Jasper 3,646 56.4% 2,414 37.3% 409 6,469 D+19.0
Calhoun 3,063 48.1% 3,216 50.5% 94 6,373 R+2.4
Bamberg 3,451 62.2% 2,047 36.9% 53 5,551 D+25.3
McCormick 1,896 51.8% 1,704 46.5% 61 3,661 D+5.2
Allendale 2,338 70.0% 967 29.0% 35 3,340 D+41.0

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Carolina in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+17.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+11.7
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+14.3
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+10.5
2008 John McCain (R) R+9.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+17.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+16.0
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+5.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+8.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+23.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+28.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.2
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+42.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+8.5
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+17.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.5
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+20.2
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.4
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+83.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+91.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+97.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+96.1
1928 Al Smith (D) D+82.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+94.4
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+92.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+94.3
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+94.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+87.9
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+90.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+86.1
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+71.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+58.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+65.1
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+51.8
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+31.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+0.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+52.0
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+15.9