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2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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Field	Value
election_name	2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota
country	South Dakota
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States presidential election in South Dakota
previous_year	1996
next_election	2004 United States presidential election in South Dakota
next_year	2004
election_date	November 7, 2000
image_size	x200px
image1	GeorgeWBush (1).jpg
nominee1	George W. Bush
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Texas
running_mate1	Dick Cheney
electoral_vote1	3
popular_vote1	190,700
percentage1	60.30%
image2	Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994 (3x4 close cropped).jpg
nominee2	Al Gore
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state2	Tennessee
running_mate2	Joe Lieberman
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	118,804
percentage2	37.56%
map_image	South Dakota Presidential Election Results 2000.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results
title	President
before_election	Bill Clinton
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	George W. Bush
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 2000 United States presidential election

Bush Gore 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.

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

Results

2000 United States presidential election in South Dakota	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
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

Results by county

County	George W. Bush
Republican	Al Gore
Democratic	Pat Buchanan
Reform	Howard Phillips
Independent	Harry E. Browne
Libertarian	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	190,700	60.30%	118,804	37.56%	3,322	1.05%	1,781	0.56%	1,662	0.53%	71,896	22.74%	316,269
	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

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 is called the at-large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.

District	Bush	Gore	Representative		At-large
60.3%	37.6%		John Thune

Electors

Main article: List of 2000 United States presidential 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:

Carole Hillard
William J. Janklow
Joel Rosenthal

References

"Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
Our Campaigns; [https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=423 SD US Presidential Election Race, November 07, 2000]
[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania]
"President Elect - 2000".

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