SOUTH CAROLINA | 8 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, South Carolina State Election Commission)
Largest counties: Greenville, Charleston, Richland, Spartanburg, Lexington. Government
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State
of South Carolina
State Election Commission Constitution
Party of SC
The
State (Columbia)
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Past
Results
1996
1992
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Results
2000
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Overview
South Carolina, the scene of such great activity during the Republican presidential primary in February, saw a very quite campaign on the presidential level in the fall. None of the principals visited. Bush carried the Palmetto State with a comfortable plurality of 220,307 votes (15.94 percentage points). Bush won 31 counties to 15 for Gore. > Heath Thompson ran Republicans' Victory 2000 effort; Remle Beard was Gore-Lieberman state director. One issue on the ballot that did generate considerable debate was Amendment 1 to lift a ban on lotteries; it passed. |
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State
primary election June 13, 2000
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Republicans |
Saturday Feb. 19, 2000 |
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Primary
run by the South Carolina Republican Party.
. Open primary--open to all citizens who are registered to vote in the state. . $10,000 filing fee to appear on the ballot.
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Total
Delegates
37 of 2,066 (1.8%). Delegate
Allocation
Bush-34
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Democrats
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Thursday March 9, 2000 State Convention Saturday May 6, 2000 |
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. Executive Committee of the South Carolina Democratic Party first sought waiver to hold primary Feb. 19, then set primary for March 9, then on Jan. 27, 2000 voted to use a presidential caucus system. |
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Total
Pledged Delegates
43 of 3,537 (1.2%). Total Delegates 52 of 4,335 (1.2%). |
Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.