2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2000

November 7, 2000

Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 190,700 118,804 Percentage 60.30% 37.56%

County Results Bush   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Bush   50-60%   60-70%   80-90%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President George W. Bush Republican

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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 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Dakota was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 22.74% margin of victory.

Electors

Main article: List of United States presidential electors, 2000

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:

1. Carole Hillard
2. William J. Janklow
3. Joel Rosenthal

Results

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2000
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

By county

County	Gore%	Gore#	Bush%	Bush#	Others%	Others#	Total
Aurora County	36.31%	513	59.94%	847	3.75%	53	1,413
Beadle County	41.56%	3,216	56.17%	4,347	2.27%	176	7,739
Bennett County	33.78%	377	63.80%	712	2.42%	27	1,116
Bon Homme County	37.02%	1,162	60.56%	1,901	2.42%	76	3,139
Brookings County	41.39%	4,546	56.55%	6,212	2.06%	226	10,984
Brown County	43.33%	7,173	54.72%	9,060	1.95%	323	16,556
Brule County	37.75%	818	58.51%	1,268	3.74%	81	2,167
Buffalo County	62.75%	256	34.31%	140	2.94%	12	408
Butte County	22.77%	840	74.82%	2,760	2.41%	89	3,689
Campbell County	16.03%	147	80.59%	739	3.38%	31	917
Charles Mix County	36.32%	1,300	61.61%	2,205	2.07%	74	3,579
Clark County	37.52%	791	60.34%	1,272	2.13%	45	2,108
Clay County	51.67%	2,638	46.29%	2,363	2.04%	104	5,105
Codington County	37.64%	4,192	60.32%	6,718	2.05%	228	11,138
Corson County	44.17%	549	50.60%	629	5.23%	65	1,243
Custer County	26.73%	955	69.83%	2,495	3.44%	123	3,573
Davison County	39.00%	2,936	59.05%	4,445	1.95%	147	7,528
Day County	46.67%	1,492	50.77%	1,623	2.56%	82	3,197
Deuel County	41.64%	926	55.98%	1,245	2.38%	53	2,224
Dewey County	52.35%	880	45.27%	761	2.38%	40	1,681
Douglas County	21.24%	363	76.71%	1,311	2.05%	35	1,709
Edmunds County	34.04%	676	63.29%	1,257	2.67%	53	1,986
Fall River County	33.04%	1,133	63.72%	2,185	3.24%	111	3,429
Faulk County	29.19%	388	68.02%	904	2.78%	37	1,329
Grant County	38.51%	1,475	58.36%	2,235	3.13%	120	3,830
Gregory County	31.81%	718	65.88%	1,487	2.30%	52	2,257
Haakon County	14.53%	164	83.08%	938	2.39%	27	1,129
Hamlin County	33.90%	923	63.57%	1,731	2.53%	69	2,723
Hand County	27.82%	565	69.87%	1,419	2.31%	47	2,031
Hanson County	32.16%	457	66.43%	944	1.41%	20	1,421
Harding County	08.76%	64	88.92%	650	2.33%	17	731
Hughes County	29.36%	2,212	68.86%	5,188	1.78%	134	7,534
Hutchinson County	29.02%	1,052	68.88%	2,497	2.10%	76	3,625
Hyde County	26.11%	218	70.90%	592	2.99%	25	835
Jackson County	30.67%	319	66.06%	687	3.27%	34	1,040
Jerauld County	41.71%	468	55.61%	624	2.67%	30	1,122
Jones County	20.63%	137	76.66%	509	2.71%	18	664
Kingsbury County	38.47%	1,049	59.11%	1,612	2.42%	66	2,727
Lake County	45.23%	2,331	52.85%	2,724	1.92%	99	5,154
Lawrence County	29.74%	2,797	67.27%	6,327	3.00%	282	9,406
Lincoln County	36.42%	3,844	62.01%	6,546	1.57%	166	10,556
Lyman County	34.78%	482	63.13%	875	2.09%	29	1,386
Marshall County	45.17%	939	52.77%	1,097	2.07%	43	2,079
McCook County	36.68%	965	61.19%	1,610	2.13%	56	2,631
McPherson County	20.82%	295	75.72%	1,073	3.46%	49	1,417
Meade County	24.20%	2,267	73.35%	6,870	2.45%	229	9,366
Mellette County	30.29%	222	67.53%	495	2.18%	16	733
Miner County	41.31%	523	57.19%	724	1.50%	19	1,266
Minnehaha County	44.06%	27,042	54.47%	33,428	1.46%	899	61,369
Moody County	48.19%	1,318	49.76%	1,361	2.05%	56	2,735
Oglala Lakota County	85.36%	1,667	12.90%	252	1.74%	34	1,953
Pennington County	30.43%	11,123	67.55%	24,696	2.02%	738	36,557
Perkins County	18.40%	297	76.64%	1,237	4.96%	80	1,614
Potter County	23.83%	356	74.43%	1,112	1.74%	26	1,494
Roberts County	41.73%	1,700	54.91%	2,237	3.36%	137	4,074
Sanborn County	36.91%	468	60.49%	767	2.60%	33	1,268
Spink County	38.79%	1,274	59.59%	1,957	1.61%	53	3,284
Stanley County	29.11%	402	69.15%	955	1.74%	24	1,381
Sully County	24.00%	209	72.68%	633	3.33%	29	871
Todd County	66.47%	993	31.99%	478	1.54%	23	1,494
Tripp County	28.90%	799	69.04%	1,909	2.06%	57	2,765
Turner County	35.31%	1,414	62.79%	2,514	1.90%	76	4,004
Union County	40.85%	2,358	56.57%	3,265	2.58%	149	5,772
Walworth County	28.24%	721	68.86%	1,758	2.90%	74	2,553
Yankton County	41.14%	3,596	56.11%	4,904	2.75%	240	8,740
Ziebach County	43.55%	314	53.26%	384	3.19%	23	721