2000 South Carolina Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2000 South Carolina Democratic presidential caucuses took place on March 9, 2000, and was the only nominating contest that day during the Democratic Party primaries for the 2000 presidential election. The South Carolina caucus was a closed caucus, meaning that only registered Democrats could vote in this caucus, and awarded 53 delegates to the 2000 Democratic National Convention, of which 43 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucus.
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53 delegates to the Democratic National Convention (43 pledged, 10 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates received is determined by the popular vote | |||||||||||||||||||
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Caucus results by county Gore: 55–60% 80–85% 85–90% 90–95% 95–100% No votes: | |||||||||||||||||||
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Vice president Al Gore and senator Bill Bradley were the only candidates to seriously compete, but Bradley came in a far distant third. Gore won 91.7% of the popular vote and notably placed first in every county in the state not counting the three that had no caucus-goers. Bradley came in third place and won 1.78% of the popular vote just barely ahead of retired professor William Kreml, a Green Party member who was only on the ballot in this state, coming behind uncommitted, which won 5%. This defeat was the final blow to the Bradley campaign, who withdrew that night after disappointing finishes earlier in the week on Super Tuesday.