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2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Election in South Dakota
The 2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Main article: 2000 United States presidential election
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South Dakota was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 22.74 point margin of victory.
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| 2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | George W. Bush | 190,700 | 60.30% | 3 | |
| Democratic | Al Gore | 118,804 | 37.56% | 0 | |
| Reform | Pat Buchanan | 3,322 | 1.05% | 0 | |
| Independent | Howard Phillips | 1,781 | 0.56% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 1,662 | 0.53% | 0 | |
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Results by county
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| County[2] | George W. Bush Republican |
Al Gore Democratic |
Pat Buchanan Reform |
Howard Phillips Independent |
Harry E. Browne Libertarian |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 847 | 59.94% | 513 | 36.31% | 32 | 2.26% | 15 | 1.06% | 6 | 0.42% | 334 | 23.63% | 1,413 |
| Beadle | 4,347 | 56.17% | 3,216 | 41.56% | 81 | 1.05% | 45 | 0.58% | 50 | 0.65% | 1,131 | 14.61% | 7,739 |
| Bennett | 712 | 63.80% | 377 | 33.78% | 9 | 0.81% | 9 | 0.81% | 9 | 0.81% | 335 | 30.02% | 1,116 |
| Bon Homme | 1,901 | 60.56% | 1,162 | 37.02% | 40 | 1.27% | 17 | 0.54% | 19 | 0.61% | 739 | 23.54% | 3,139 |
| Brookings | 6,212 | 56.55% | 4,546 | 41.39% | 87 | 0.79% | 49 | 0.45% | 90 | 0.82% | 1,666 | 15.16% | 10,984 |
| Brown | 9,060 | 54.72% | 7,173 | 43.33% | 158 | 0.95% | 92 | 0.56% | 73 | 0.44% | 1,887 | 11.39% | 16,556 |
| Brule | 1,268 | 58.51% | 818 | 37.75% | 39 | 1.80% | 27 | 1.25% | 15 | 0.69% | 450 | 20.76% | 2,167 |
| Buffalo | 140 | 34.31% | 256 | 62.75% | 9 | 2.21% | 3 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -116 | -28.44% | 408 |
| Butte | 2,760 | 74.82% | 840 | 22.77% | 41 | 1.11% | 21 | 0.57% | 27 | 0.73% | 1,920 | 52.05% | 3,689 |
| Campbell | 739 | 80.59% | 147 | 16.03% | 22 | 2.40% | 8 | 0.87% | 1 | 0.11% | 592 | 64.56% | 917 |
| Charles Mix | 2,205 | 61.61% | 1,300 | 36.32% | 46 | 1.29% | 15 | 0.42% | 13 | 0.36% | 905 | 25.29% | 3,579 |
| Clark | 1,272 | 60.34% | 791 | 37.52% | 31 | 1.47% | 10 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.19% | 481 | 22.82% | 2,108 |
| Clay | 2,363 | 46.29% | 2,638 | 51.67% | 31 | 0.61% | 21 | 0.41% | 52 | 1.02% | -275 | -5.38% | 5,105 |
| Codington | 6,718 | 60.32% | 4,192 | 37.64% | 127 | 1.14% | 59 | 0.53% | 42 | 0.38% | 2,526 | 22.68% | 11,138 |
| Corson | 629 | 50.60% | 549 | 44.17% | 50 | 4.02% | 8 | 0.64% | 7 | 0.56% | 80 | 6.43% | 1,243 |
| Custer | 2,495 | 69.83% | 955 | 26.73% | 45 | 1.26% | 38 | 1.06% | 40 | 1.12% | 1,540 | 43.10% | 3,573 |
| Davison | 4,445 | 59.05% | 2,936 | 39.00% | 62 | 0.82% | 60 | 0.80% | 25 | 0.33% | 1,509 | 20.05% | 7,528 |
| Day | 1,623 | 50.77% | 1,492 | 46.67% | 49 | 1.53% | 21 | 0.66% | 12 | 0.38% | 131 | 4.10% | 3,197 |
| Deuel | 1,245 | 55.98% | 926 | 41.64% | 38 | 1.71% | 8 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.31% | 319 | 14.34% | 2,224 |
| Dewey | 761 | 45.27% | 880 | 52.35% | 20 | 1.19% | 16 | 0.95% | 4 | 0.24% | -119 | -7.08% | 1,681 |
| Douglas | 1,311 | 76.71% | 363 | 21.24% | 19 | 1.11% | 10 | 0.59% | 6 | 0.35% | 948 | 55.47% | 1,709 |
| Edmunds | 1,257 | 63.29% | 676 | 34.04% | 28 | 1.41% | 18 | 0.91% | 7 | 0.35% | 581 | 29.25% | 1,986 |
| Fall River | 2,185 | 63.72% | 1,133 | 33.04% | 46 | 1.34% | 30 | 0.87% | 35 | 1.02% | 1,052 | 30.68% | 3,429 |
| Faulk | 904 | 68.02% | 388 | 29.19% | 25 | 1.88% | 9 | 0.68% | 3 | 0.23% | 516 | 38.83% | 1,329 |
| Grant | 2,235 | 58.36% | 1,475 | 38.51% | 77 | 2.01% | 29 | 0.76% | 14 | 0.37% | 760 | 19.85% | 3,830 |
| Gregory | 1,487 | 65.88% | 718 | 31.81% | 35 | 1.55% | 11 | 0.49% | 6 | 0.27% | 769 | 34.07% | 2,257 |
| Haakon | 938 | 83.08% | 164 | 14.53% | 21 | 1.86% | 5 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.09% | 774 | 68.55% | 1,129 |
| Hamlin | 1,731 | 63.57% | 923 | 33.90% | 38 | 1.40% | 14 | 0.51% | 17 | 0.62% | 808 | 29.67% | 2,723 |
| Hand | 1,419 | 69.87% | 565 | 27.82% | 28 | 1.38% | 13 | 0.64% | 6 | 0.30% | 854 | 42.05% | 2,031 |
| Hanson | 944 | 66.43% | 457 | 32.16% | 6 | 0.42% | 10 | 0.70% | 4 | 0.28% | 487 | 34.27% | 1,421 |
| Harding | 650 | 88.92% | 64 | 8.76% | 10 | 1.37% | 4 | 0.55% | 3 | 0.41% | 586 | 80.16% | 731 |
| Hughes | 5,188 | 68.86% | 2,212 | 29.36% | 54 | 0.72% | 44 | 0.58% | 36 | 0.48% | 2,976 | 39.50% | 7,534 |
| Hutchinson | 2,497 | 68.88% | 1,052 | 29.02% | 51 | 1.41% | 19 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,445 | 39.86% | 3,625 |
| Hyde | 592 | 70.90% | 218 | 26.11% | 20 | 2.40% | 3 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.24% | 374 | 44.79% | 835 |
| Jackson | 687 | 66.06% | 319 | 30.67% | 16 | 1.54% | 11 | 1.06% | 7 | 0.67% | 368 | 35.39% | 1,040 |
| Jerauld | 624 | 55.61% | 468 | 41.71% | 19 | 1.69% | 7 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.36% | 156 | 13.90% | 1,122 |
| Jones | 509 | 76.66% | 137 | 20.63% | 5 | 0.75% | 9 | 1.36% | 4 | 0.60% | 372 | 56.03% | 664 |
| Kingsbury | 1,612 | 59.11% | 1,049 | 38.47% | 36 | 1.32% | 12 | 0.44% | 18 | 0.66% | 563 | 20.64% | 2,727 |
| Lake | 2,724 | 52.85% | 2,331 | 45.23% | 47 | 0.91% | 27 | 0.52% | 25 | 0.49% | 393 | 7.62% | 5,154 |
| Lawrence | 6,327 | 67.27% | 2,797 | 29.74% | 110 | 1.17% | 73 | 0.78% | 99 | 1.05% | 3,530 | 37.53% | 9,406 |
| Lincoln | 6,546 | 62.01% | 3,844 | 36.42% | 80 | 0.76% | 56 | 0.53% | 30 | 0.28% | 2,702 | 25.59% | 10,556 |
| Lyman | 875 | 63.13% | 482 | 34.78% | 14 | 1.01% | 11 | 0.79% | 4 | 0.29% | 393 | 28.35% | 1,386 |
| Marshall | 1,097 | 52.77% | 939 | 45.17% | 19 | 0.91% | 15 | 0.72% | 9 | 0.43% | 158 | 7.60% | 2,079 |
| McCook | 1,610 | 61.19% | 965 | 36.68% | 43 | 1.63% | 12 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.04% | 645 | 24.51% | 2,631 |
| McPherson | 1,073 | 75.72% | 295 | 20.82% | 33 | 2.33% | 15 | 1.06% | 1 | 0.07% | 778 | 54.90% | 1,417 |
| Meade | 6,870 | 73.35% | 2,267 | 24.20% | 102 | 1.09% | 65 | 0.69% | 62 | 0.66% | 4,603 | 49.15% | 9,366 |
| Mellette | 495 | 67.53% | 222 | 30.29% | 12 | 1.64% | 2 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.27% | 273 | 37.24% | 733 |
| Miner | 724 | 57.19% | 523 | 41.31% | 11 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.16% | 201 | 15.88% | 1,266 |
| Minnehaha | 33,428 | 54.47% | 27,042 | 44.06% | 381 | 0.62% | 228 | 0.37% | 290 | 0.47% | 6,386 | 10.41% | 61,369 |
| Moody | 1,361 | 49.76% | 1,318 | 48.19% | 28 | 1.02% | 14 | 0.51% | 14 | 0.51% | 43 | 1.57% | 2,735 |
| Pennington | 24,696 | 67.55% | 11,123 | 30.43% | 275 | 0.75% | 195 | 0.53% | 268 | 0.73% | 13,573 | 37.12% | 36,557 |
| Perkins | 1,237 | 76.64% | 297 | 18.40% | 49 | 3.04% | 20 | 1.24% | 11 | 0.68% | 940 | 58.24% | 1,614 |
| Potter | 1,112 | 74.43% | 356 | 23.83% | 13 | 0.87% | 7 | 0.47% | 6 | 0.40% | 756 | 50.60% | 1,494 |
| Roberts | 2,237 | 54.91% | 1,700 | 41.73% | 93 | 2.28% | 26 | 0.64% | 18 | 0.44% | 537 | 13.18% | 4,074 |
| Sanborn | 767 | 60.49% | 468 | 36.91% | 15 | 1.18% | 9 | 0.71% | 9 | 0.71% | 299 | 23.58% | 1,268 |
| Shannon | 252 | 12.90% | 1,667 | 85.36% | 14 | 0.72% | 10 | 0.51% | 10 | 0.51% | -1,415 | -72.46% | 1,953 |
| Spink | 1,957 | 59.59% | 1,274 | 38.79% | 26 | 0.79% | 18 | 0.55% | 9 | 0.27% | 683 | 20.80% | 3,284 |
| Stanley | 955 | 69.15% | 402 | 29.11% | 13 | 0.94% | 7 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.29% | 553 | 40.04% | 1,381 |
| Sully | 633 | 72.68% | 209 | 24.00% | 20 | 2.30% | 6 | 0.69% | 3 | 0.34% | 424 | 48.68% | 871 |
| Todd | 478 | 31.99% | 993 | 66.47% | 7 | 0.47% | 10 | 0.67% | 6 | 0.40% | -515 | -34.48% | 1,494 |
| Tripp | 1,909 | 69.04% | 799 | 28.90% | 36 | 1.30% | 13 | 0.47% | 8 | 0.29% | 1,110 | 40.14% | 2,765 |
| Turner | 2,514 | 62.79% | 1,414 | 35.31% | 39 | 0.97% | 25 | 0.62% | 12 | 0.30% | 1,100 | 27.48% | 4,004 |
| Union | 3,265 | 56.57% | 2,358 | 40.85% | 109 | 1.89% | 23 | 0.40% | 17 | 0.29% | 907 | 15.72% | 5,772 |
| Walworth | 1,758 | 68.86% | 721 | 28.24% | 41 | 1.61% | 21 | 0.82% | 12 | 0.47% | 1,037 | 40.62% | 2,553 |
| Yankton | 4,904 | 56.11% | 3,596 | 41.14% | 131 | 1.50% | 68 | 0.78% | 41 | 0.47% | 1,308 | 14.97% | 8,740 |
| Ziebach | 384 | 53.26% | 314 | 43.55% | 10 | 1.39% | 7 | 0.97% | 6 | 0.83% | 70 | 9.71% | 721 |
| Totals | 190,700 | 60.30% | 118,804 | 37.56% | 3,322 | 1.05% | 1,781 | 0.56% | 1,662 | 0.53% | 71,896 | 22.73% | 316,269 |
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Beadle (Largest city: Huron)
- Bon Homme (Largest city: Springfield)
- Brown (Largest city: Aberdeen)
- Brule (Largest city: Chamberlain)
- Charles Mix (Largest city: Wagner)
- Corson (Largest city: McLaughlin)
- Day (Largest city: Webster)
- Deuel (Largest city: Clear Lake)
- Grant (Largest city: Milbank)
- Jerauld (Largest city: Wessington Springs)
- Kingsbury (Largest city: De Smet)
- Lake (Largest city: Madison)
- Marshall (Largest city: Britton)
- Miner (Largest city: Howard)
- Minnehaha (Largest city: Sioux Falls)
- Moody (Largest city: Flandreau)
- Roberts (Largest city: Sisseton)
- Sanborn (Largest city: Woonsocket)
- Union (Largest city: Dakota Dunes)
- Ziebach (Largest city: Dupree)
By congressional district
Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
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| District | Bush | Gore | Representative |
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| At-large | 60.3% | 37.6% | John Thune |
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Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential electors
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[3] 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:[4]
- Carole Hillard
- William J. Janklow
- Joel Rosenthal
- Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 07, 2000
- "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2011.