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South Carolina · 2000 presidential election

South Carolina presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried South Carolina by 15.94 points (220,376 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
8
Votes counted
1,382,717
SC result
R+15.9
Compared with the nation
16.4 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996
10.1 pts to R

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
George W. BushRepublican785,93756.80%8
Albert Gore, Jr.Democratic565,56140.90%—
Ralph NaderGreen20,2001.50%—
Total votes1,382,717

Sources: 2000

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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Allendale County: Albert Gore, Jr. +41.0Bamberg County: Albert Gore, Jr. +25.3Clarendon County: Albert Gore, Jr. +7.2Fairfield County: Albert Gore, Jr. +26.8Hampton County: Albert Gore, Jr. +27.0Jasper County: Albert Gore, Jr. +19.0Orangeburg County: Albert Gore, Jr. +21.8Saluda County: George W. Bush +20.5Darlington County: George W. Bush +4.7Dorchester County: George W. Bush +25.5Edgefield County: George W. Bush +9.2Kershaw County: George W. Bush +22.8Lee County: Albert Gore, Jr. +18.4McCormick County: Albert Gore, Jr. +5.2Newberry County: George W. Bush +24.8Oconee County: George W. Bush +33.1Richland County: Albert Gore, Jr. +11.2Spartanburg County: George W. Bush +27.0Sumter County: George W. Bush +5.1Williamsburg County: Albert Gore, Jr. +19.4Abbeville County: George W. Bush +8.2Aiken County: George W. Bush +33.1Anderson County: George W. Bush +28.6Calhoun County: George W. Bush +2.4Chester County: Albert Gore, Jr. +2.5Chesterfield County: George W. Bush +1.2Cherokee County: George W. Bush +23.0Dillon County: Albert Gore, Jr. +10.6Greenville County: George W. Bush +34.9Greenwood County: George W. Bush +19.4Horry County: George W. Bush +15.7Laurens County: George W. Bush +20.5Marlboro County: Albert Gore, Jr. +30.0Union County: George W. Bush +10.4Colleton County: George W. Bush +2.4Florence County: George W. Bush +15.7Georgetown County: George W. Bush +5.4Barnwell County: George W. Bush +10.4Beaufort County: George W. Bush +18.3Charleston County: George W. Bush +7.8Lancaster County: George W. Bush +14.0York County: George W. Bush +26.7Lexington County: George W. Bush +42.4Marion County: Albert Gore, Jr. +22.0Pickens County: George W. Bush +45.6Berkeley County: George W. Bush +16.4
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Albert Gore, Jr.George W. BushOthers TotalMargin
Abbeville 3,7664,450158 8,374 8.2
Aiken 16,40933,2031,170 50,782 33.1
Allendale 2,33896735 3,340 41.0
Anderson 19,60635,8271,248 56,681 28.6
Bamberg 3,4512,04753 5,551 25.3
Barnwell 3,6614,52194 8,276 10.4
Beaufort 17,48725,5611,100 44,148 18.3
Berkeley 17,70724,796813 43,316 16.4
Calhoun 3,0633,21694 6,373 2.4
Charleston 49,52058,2293,727 111,476 7.8
Cherokee 6,1389,900285 16,323 23.0
Chester 5,2424,986204 10,432 2.5
Chesterfield 6,1116,266149 12,526 1.2
Clarendon 5,9995,186105 11,290 7.2
Colleton 6,4496,767174 13,390 2.4
Darlington 10,25311,290320 21,863 4.7
Dillon 4,9303,97585 8,990 10.6
Dorchester 12,16820,734739 33,641 25.5
Edgefield 3,9504,760124 8,834 9.2
Fairfield 5,2633,011124 8,398 26.8
Florence 17,15723,678602 41,437 15.7
Georgetown 9,44510,535371 20,351 5.4
Greenville 43,81092,7143,769 140,293 34.9
Greenwood 8,13912,193528 20,860 19.4
Hampton 4,8962,79865 7,759 27.0
Horry 29,11340,3001,852 71,265 15.7
Jasper 3,6462,414409 6,469 19.0
Kershaw 7,42811,911338 19,677 22.8
Lancaster 8,78211,676247 20,705 14.0
Laurens 7,92012,102388 20,410 20.5
Lee 3,8992,67568 6,642 18.4
Lexington 22,83058,0952,156 83,081 42.4
Marion 7,3584,687104 12,149 22.0
Marlboro 5,0602,699124 7,883 30.0
McCormick 1,8961,70461 3,661 5.2
Newberry 4,4287,492452 12,372 24.8
Oconee 7,57115,364640 23,575 33.1
Orangeburg 19,80212,657275 32,734 21.8
Pickens 8,92724,681974 34,582 45.6
Richland 63,17950,1643,138 116,481 11.2
Saluda 2,6824,098111 6,891 20.5
Spartanburg 29,55952,1141,880 83,553 27.0
Sumter 14,36515,915392 30,672 5.1
Union 4,6625,768159 10,589 10.4
Williamsburg 6,7234,52484 11,331 19.4
York 19,25133,7761,324 54,351 26.7

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read
  • Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won South Carolina in 2000?

George W. Bush won South Carolina by 15.94 percentage points (220,376 votes).

How many electoral votes did South Carolina have in 2000?

South Carolina cast 8 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in South Carolina in 2000?

1,382,717 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in South Carolina in 2000?

George W. Bush 31, Albert Gore, Jr. 15 (out of 46 counties with results).

How did South Carolina change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 10.1 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 5.8 points to Republican by 15.9 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data