George W. Bush carried South Dakota R+22.7.

Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in South Dakota, 2000. The state ran 23.3 points more Republican than the nation (D+0.5 nationally).

Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)

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South Dakota result

316,269 votes counted

Gore (D)

118,804

37.6%

Bush (R)

190,700

60.3%

All others

6,765

2.1%

Margin

R+22.7

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2000 presidential election

South Dakota, 2000

BushR+22.7

How it voted

Share of the 2000 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	60.3%	190,700
Al GoreDemocratic	37.6%	118,804
Ralph NaderGreen	2.1%	6,765

D+60

R+60

66 counties, each filled by 2000 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2000 contest in context

South Dakota's presidential margins

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%

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County results — 2000

66 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−23.6%	513	847	1,413
Beadle County	R	−14.6%	3,216	4,347	7,739
Bennett County	R	−30.0%	377	712	1,116
Bon Homme County	R	−23.5%	1,162	1,901	3,139
Brookings County	R	−15.2%	4,546	6,212	10,984
Brown County	R	−11.4%	7,173	9,060	16,556
Brule County	R	−20.8%	818	1,268	2,167
Buffalo County	D	+28.4%	256	140	408
Butte County	R	−52.0%	840	2,760	3,689
Campbell County	R	−64.6%	147	739	917
Charles Mix County	R	−25.3%	1,300	2,205	3,579
Clark County	R	−22.8%	791	1,272	2,108
Clay County	D	+5.4%	2,638	2,363	5,105
Codington County	R	−22.7%	4,192	6,718	11,138
Corson County	R	−6.4%	549	629	1,243
Custer County	R	−43.1%	955	2,495	3,573
Davison County	R	−20.0%	2,936	4,445	7,528
Day County	R	−4.1%	1,492	1,623	3,197
Deuel County	R	−14.3%	926	1,245	2,224
Dewey County	D	+7.1%	880	761	1,681
Douglas County	R	−55.5%	363	1,311	1,709
Edmunds County	R	−29.3%	676	1,257	1,986
Fall River County	R	−30.7%	1,133	2,185	3,429
Faulk County	R	−38.8%	388	904	1,329
Grant County	R	−19.8%	1,475	2,235	3,830
Gregory County	R	−34.1%	718	1,487	2,257
Haakon County	R	−68.6%	164	938	1,129
Hamlin County	R	−29.7%	923	1,731	2,723
Hand County	R	−42.0%	565	1,419	2,031
Hanson County	R	−34.3%	457	944	1,421
Harding County	R	−80.2%	64	650	731
Hughes County	R	−39.5%	2,212	5,188	7,534
Hutchinson County	R	−39.9%	1,052	2,497	3,625
Hyde County	R	−44.8%	218	592	835
Jackson County	R	−35.4%	319	687	1,040
Jerauld County	R	−13.9%	468	624	1,122
Jones County	R	−56.0%	137	509	664
Kingsbury County	R	−20.6%	1,049	1,612	2,727
Lake County	R	−7.6%	2,331	2,724	5,154
Lawrence County	R	−37.5%	2,797	6,327	9,406
Lincoln County	R	−25.6%	3,844	6,546	10,556
Lyman County	R	−28.4%	482	875	1,386
Marshall County	R	−7.6%	939	1,097	2,079
McCook County	R	−24.5%	965	1,610	2,631
McPherson County	R	−54.9%	295	1,073	1,417
Meade County	R	−49.1%	2,267	6,870	9,366
Mellette County	R	−37.2%	222	495	733
Miner County	R	−15.9%	523	724	1,266
Minnehaha County	R	−10.4%	27,042	33,428	61,369
Moody County	R	−1.6%	1,318	1,361	2,735
Oglala Lakota County	D	+72.5%	1,667	252	1,953
Pennington County	R	−37.1%	11,123	24,696	36,557
Perkins County	R	−58.2%	297	1,237	1,614
Potter County	R	−50.6%	356	1,112	1,494
Roberts County	R	−13.2%	1,700	2,237	4,074
Sanborn County	R	−23.6%	468	767	1,268
Spink County	R	−20.8%	1,274	1,957	3,284
Stanley County	R	−40.0%	402	955	1,381
Sully County	R	−48.7%	209	633	871
Todd County	D	+34.5%	993	478	1,494
Tripp County	R	−40.1%	799	1,909	2,765
Turner County	R	−27.5%	1,414	2,514	4,004
Union County	R	−15.7%	2,358	3,265	5,772
Walworth County	R	−40.6%	721	1,758	2,553
Yankton County	R	−15.0%	3,596	4,904	8,740
Ziebach County	R	−9.7%	314	384	721