South Dakota — 2000 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2000 presidential electionSouth Dakota · PresidentBushR+22.7
How it voted
Share of the 2000 vote
| George W. Bush ✓Republican | 60.3% | 190,700 |
|---|---|---|
| Al GoreDemocratic | 37.6% | 118,804 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.1% | 6,765 |
2000presidential margin
D+60R+60
66 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
South Dakota cast 3 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (66 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora County, SD | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Beadle County, SD | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Bennett County, SD | Republican | R+30.0 |
| Bon Homme County, SD | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Brookings County, SD | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Brown County, SD | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Brule County, SD | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Buffalo County, SD | Democratic | D+28.4 |
| Butte County, SD | Republican | R+52.0 |
| Campbell County, SD | Republican | R+64.6 |
| Charles Mix County, SD | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Clark County, SD | Republican | R+22.8 |
| Clay County, SD | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Codington County, SD | Republican | R+22.7 |
| Corson County, SD | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Custer County, SD | Republican | R+43.1 |
| Davison County, SD | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Day County, SD | Republican | R+4.1 |
| Deuel County, SD | Republican | R+14.3 |
| Dewey County, SD | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Douglas County, SD | Republican | R+55.5 |
| Edmunds County, SD | Republican | R+29.3 |
| Fall River County, SD | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Faulk County, SD | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Grant County, SD | Republican | R+19.8 |
| Gregory County, SD | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Haakon County, SD | Republican | R+68.6 |
| Hamlin County, SD | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Hand County, SD | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Hanson County, SD | Republican | R+34.3 |
| Harding County, SD | Republican | R+80.2 |
| Hughes County, SD | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Hutchinson County, SD | Republican | R+39.9 |
| Hyde County, SD | Republican | R+44.8 |
| Jackson County, SD | Republican | R+35.4 |
| Jerauld County, SD | Republican | R+13.9 |
| Jones County, SD | Republican | R+56.0 |
| Kingsbury County, SD | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Lake County, SD | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Lawrence County, SD | Republican | R+37.5 |
| Lincoln County, SD | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Lyman County, SD | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Marshall County, SD | Republican | R+7.6 |
| McCook County, SD | Republican | R+24.5 |
| McPherson County, SD | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Meade County, SD | Republican | R+49.1 |
| Mellette County, SD | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Miner County, SD | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Minnehaha County, SD | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Moody County, SD | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Democratic | D+72.5 |
| Pennington County, SD | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Perkins County, SD | Republican | R+58.2 |
| Potter County, SD | Republican | R+50.6 |
| Roberts County, SD | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Sanborn County, SD | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Spink County, SD | Republican | R+20.8 |
| Stanley County, SD | Republican | R+40.0 |
| Sully County, SD | Republican | R+48.7 |
| Todd County, SD | Democratic | D+34.5 |
| Tripp County, SD | Republican | R+40.1 |
| Turner County, SD | Republican | R+27.5 |
| Union County, SD | Republican | R+15.7 |
| Walworth County, SD | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Yankton County, SD | Republican | R+15.0 |
| Ziebach County, SD | Republican | R+9.7 |
South Dakota results by county
66 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora County | Bush, George W.+334 | 84759.9% | 51336.3% | 533.8% | 1,413 |
| Beadle County | Bush, George W.+1,131 | 4,34756.2% | 3,21641.6% | 1762.3% | 7,739 |
| Bennett County | Bush, George W.+335 | 71263.8% | 37733.8% | 272.4% | 1,116 |
| Bon Homme County | Bush, George W.+739 | 1,90160.6% | 1,16237.0% | 762.4% | 3,139 |
| Brookings County | Bush, George W.+1,666 | 6,21256.6% | 4,54641.4% | 2262.1% | 10,984 |
| Brown County | Bush, George W.+1,887 | 9,06054.7% | 7,17343.3% | 3232.0% | 16,556 |
| Brule County | Bush, George W.+450 | 1,26858.5% | 81837.7% | 813.7% | 2,167 |
| Buffalo County | Gore, Al+116 | 14034.3% | 25662.7% | 122.9% | 408 |
| Butte County | Bush, George W.+1,920 | 2,76074.8% | 84022.8% | 892.4% | 3,689 |
| Campbell County | Bush, George W.+592 | 73980.6% | 14716.0% | 313.4% | 917 |
| Charles Mix County | Bush, George W.+905 | 2,20561.6% | 1,30036.3% | 742.1% | 3,579 |
| Clark County | Bush, George W.+481 | 1,27260.3% | 79137.5% | 452.1% | 2,108 |
| Clay County | Gore, Al+275 | 2,36346.3% | 2,63851.7% | 1042.0% | 5,105 |
| Codington County | Bush, George W.+2,526 | 6,71860.3% | 4,19237.6% | 2282.0% | 11,138 |
| Corson County | Bush, George W.+80 | 62950.6% | 54944.2% | 655.2% | 1,243 |
| Custer County | Bush, George W.+1,540 | 2,49569.8% | 95526.7% | 1233.4% | 3,573 |
| Davison County | Bush, George W.+1,509 | 4,44559.0% | 2,93639.0% | 1472.0% | 7,528 |
| Day County | Bush, George W.+131 | 1,62350.8% | 1,49246.7% | 822.6% | 3,197 |
| Deuel County | Bush, George W.+319 | 1,24556.0% | 92641.6% | 532.4% | 2,224 |
| Dewey County | Gore, Al+119 | 76145.3% | 88052.3% | 402.4% | 1,681 |
| Douglas County | Bush, George W.+948 | 1,31176.7% | 36321.2% | 352.0% | 1,709 |
| Edmunds County | Bush, George W.+581 | 1,25763.3% | 67634.0% | 532.7% | 1,986 |
| Fall River County | Bush, George W.+1,052 | 2,18563.7% | 1,13333.0% | 1113.2% | 3,429 |
| Faulk County | Bush, George W.+516 | 90468.0% | 38829.2% | 372.8% | 1,329 |
| Grant County | Bush, George W.+760 | 2,23558.4% | 1,47538.5% | 1203.1% | 3,830 |
| Gregory County | Bush, George W.+769 | 1,48765.9% | 71831.8% | 522.3% | 2,257 |
| Haakon County | Bush, George W.+774 | 93883.1% | 16414.5% | 272.4% | 1,129 |
| Hamlin County | Bush, George W.+808 | 1,73163.6% | 92333.9% | 692.5% | 2,723 |
| Hand County | Bush, George W.+854 | 1,41969.9% | 56527.8% | 472.3% | 2,031 |
| Hanson County | Bush, George W.+487 | 94466.4% | 45732.2% | 201.4% | 1,421 |
| Harding County | Bush, George W.+586 | 65088.9% | 648.8% | 172.3% | 731 |
| Hughes County | Bush, George W.+2,976 | 5,18868.9% | 2,21229.4% | 1341.8% | 7,534 |
| Hutchinson County | Bush, George W.+1,445 | 2,49768.9% | 1,05229.0% | 762.1% | 3,625 |
| Hyde County | Bush, George W.+374 | 59270.9% | 21826.1% | 253.0% | 835 |
| Jackson County | Bush, George W.+368 | 68766.1% | 31930.7% | 343.3% | 1,040 |
| Jerauld County | Bush, George W.+156 | 62455.6% | 46841.7% | 302.7% | 1,122 |
| Jones County | Bush, George W.+372 | 50976.7% | 13720.6% | 182.7% | 664 |
| Kingsbury County | Bush, George W.+563 | 1,61259.1% | 1,04938.5% | 662.4% | 2,727 |
| Lake County | Bush, George W.+393 | 2,72452.9% | 2,33145.2% | 991.9% | 5,154 |
| Lawrence County | Bush, George W.+3,530 | 6,32767.3% | 2,79729.7% | 2823.0% | 9,406 |
| Lincoln County | Bush, George W.+2,702 | 6,54662.0% | 3,84436.4% | 1661.6% | 10,556 |
| Lyman County | Bush, George W.+393 | 87563.1% | 48234.8% | 292.1% | 1,386 |
| Marshall County | Bush, George W.+158 | 1,09752.8% | 93945.2% | 432.1% | 2,079 |
| McCook County | Bush, George W.+645 | 1,61061.2% | 96536.7% | 562.1% | 2,631 |
| McPherson County | Bush, George W.+778 | 1,07375.7% | 29520.8% | 493.5% | 1,417 |
| Meade County | Bush, George W.+4,603 | 6,87073.4% | 2,26724.2% | 2292.4% | 9,366 |
| Mellette County | Bush, George W.+273 | 49567.5% | 22230.3% | 162.2% | 733 |
| Miner County | Bush, George W.+201 | 72457.2% | 52341.3% | 191.5% | 1,266 |
| Minnehaha County | Bush, George W.+6,386 | 33,42854.5% | 27,04244.1% | 8991.5% | 61,369 |
| Moody County | Bush, George W.+43 | 1,36149.8% | 1,31848.2% | 562.0% | 2,735 |
| Oglala Lakota County | Gore, Al+1,415 | 25212.9% | 1,66785.4% | 341.7% | 1,953 |
| Pennington County | Bush, George W.+13,573 | 24,69667.6% | 11,12330.4% | 7382.0% | 36,557 |
| Perkins County | Bush, George W.+940 | 1,23776.6% | 29718.4% | 805.0% | 1,614 |
| Potter County | Bush, George W.+756 | 1,11274.4% | 35623.8% | 261.7% | 1,494 |
| Roberts County | Bush, George W.+537 | 2,23754.9% | 1,70041.7% | 1373.4% | 4,074 |
| Sanborn County | Bush, George W.+299 | 76760.5% | 46836.9% | 332.6% | 1,268 |
| Spink County | Bush, George W.+683 | 1,95759.6% | 1,27438.8% | 531.6% | 3,284 |
| Stanley County | Bush, George W.+553 | 95569.2% | 40229.1% | 241.7% | 1,381 |
| Sully County | Bush, George W.+424 | 63372.7% | 20924.0% | 293.3% | 871 |
| Todd County | Gore, Al+515 | 47832.0% | 99366.5% | 231.5% | 1,494 |
| Tripp County | Bush, George W.+1,110 | 1,90969.0% | 79928.9% | 572.1% | 2,765 |
| Turner County | Bush, George W.+1,100 | 2,51462.8% | 1,41435.3% | 761.9% | 4,004 |
| Union County | Bush, George W.+907 | 3,26556.6% | 2,35840.9% | 1492.6% | 5,772 |
| Walworth County | Bush, George W.+1,037 | 1,75868.9% | 72128.2% | 742.9% | 2,553 |
| Yankton County | Bush, George W.+1,308 | 4,90456.1% | 3,59641.1% | 2402.7% | 8,740 |
| Ziebach County | Bush, George W.+70 | 38453.3% | 31443.6% | 233.2% | 721 |
complete certified result
South Dakota candidate results
Top three shown first · expand for every reported candidate and write-in category
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab — U.S. President 1976–2024 state candidate returns
Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)
South Dakota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −36.5% |
| 1896 | +0.2% |
| 1900 | −15.6% |
| 1904 | −49.4% |
| 1908 | −23.8% |
| 1912 | +42.1% |
| 1916 | −3.9% |
| 1920 | −41.0% |
| 1924 | −36.3% |
| 1928 | −21.0% |
| 1932 | +29.2% |
| 1936 | +11.5% |
| 1940 | −14.8% |
| 1944 | −16.7% |
| 1948 | −4.8% |
| 1952 | −38.5% |
| 1956 | −16.8% |
| 1960 | −16.4% |
| 1964 | +11.2% |
| 1968 | −11.3% |
| 1972 | −8.6% |
| 1976 | −1.5% |
| 1980 | −28.8% |
| 1984 | −26.5% |
| 1988 | −6.3% |
| 1992 | −3.5% |
| 1996 | −3.5% |
| 2000 | −22.7% |
| 2004 | −21.3% |
| 2008 | −8.4% |
| 2012 | −18.0% |
| 2016 | −29.8% |
| 2020 | −26.2% |
| 2024 | −29.2% |
Same ballot, 2000SD
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2000 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.