THE BUSHES AND SOUTH CAROLINA

State-by-State Results Page
National charts and results from the states that have already voted.

George W. Bush’s father used victory in South Carolina’s Republican primary as a springboard to the GOP presidential nomination in 1988. Whether the son can do likewise is still an open question, but he did outpace his father’s showing of a dozen years ago in South Carolina by 4 percentage points.

The Texas governor ran especially far ahead of his father in the socially conservative GOP strongholds of the Upcountry, including the counties of Greenville and Spartanburg. But he trailed his father in a number of the populous coastal counties, from Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head.

SOUTH CAROLINA GOP PRIMARY RESULTS
(February 19, 2000)

Statewide Totals Vote Percent Counties Won Top 10 Won

George W. Bush 301,050 53.2% 38 8

John McCain 237,888 42.1% 8 2

Alan Keyes 25,510 4.5% 0 0

Others 1,256 0.2% 0 0

Total Votes 565,704

Delegates Won: Bush 34, McCain 3

Bush McCain Keyes Winner County Turnout as Percent
of Statewide GOP Vote

10 Most Populous Counties (in rank order)

GREENVILLE (Greenville) 58% 35% 6% Bush 11.8%

CHARLESTON (Charleston) 47% 50% 3% McCain 8.4%

RICHLAND (Columbia) 49% 44% 7% Bush 7.8%

SPARTANBURG (Spartanburg) 58% 36% 5% Bush 6.6%

LEXINGTON (Columbia suburbs) 57% 36% 7% Bush 8.0%

HORRY (Myrtle Beach) 44% 53% 2% McCain 4.9%

ANDERSON (Anderson) 51% 44% 5% Bush 4.7%

YORK (Rock Hill and Charlotte, N.C., suburbs) 52% 44% 4% Bush 3.8%

BERKELEY (Charleston suburbs) 51% 45% 3% Bush 3.0%

AIKEN (Aiken and Augusta, Ga., suburbs) 55% 40% 5% Bush 4.2%

A Sampling of Other Counties...

Resort-Oriented

BEAUFORT (Hilton Head) 44% 53% 3% McCain 3.8%

Academic-Oriented

PICKENS (Clemson U.) 55% 40% 5% Bush 3.1%

Black Majority

ALLENDALE 55% 42% 3% Bush 0.1%

WILLIAMSBURG 65% 33% 2% Bush 0.5%

"Speedway" Vote

DARLINGTON 61% 36% 3% Bush 1.2%

"Robertson Country"

JASPER 50% 47% 3% Bush 0.2%

UNION 56% 42% 3% Bush 0.6%

ABBEVILLE 46% 48% 6% McCain 0.6%

Note: The results and delegate count are based on nearly complete but unofficial results. The black-majority counties listed above are those in South Carolina with the highest proportion of blacks, according to the 1990 census. "Robertson Country" are the counties where Pat Robertson received over 30% of the vote in the 1988 Republican primary.

Rhodes Cook
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	Bush	McCain	Keyes	Winner	County Turnout as Percent of Statewide GOP Vote
10 Most Populous Counties (in rank order)
GREENVILLE (Greenville)	58%	35%	6%	Bush	11.8%
CHARLESTON (Charleston)	47%	50%	3%	McCain	8.4%
RICHLAND (Columbia)	49%	44%	7%	Bush	7.8%
SPARTANBURG (Spartanburg)	58%	36%	5%	Bush	6.6%
LEXINGTON (Columbia suburbs)	57%	36%	7%	Bush	8.0%
HORRY (Myrtle Beach)	44%	53%	2%	McCain	4.9%
ANDERSON (Anderson)	51%	44%	5%	Bush	4.7%
YORK (Rock Hill and Charlotte, N.C., suburbs)	52%	44%	4%	Bush	3.8%
BERKELEY (Charleston suburbs)	51%	45%	3%	Bush	3.0%
AIKEN (Aiken and Augusta, Ga., suburbs)	55%	40%	5%	Bush	4.2%
A Sampling of Other Counties...
Resort-Oriented
BEAUFORT (Hilton Head)	44%	53%	3%	McCain	3.8%
Academic-Oriented
PICKENS (Clemson U.)	55%	40%	5%	Bush	3.1%
Black Majority
ALLENDALE	55%	42%	3%	Bush	0.1%
WILLIAMSBURG	65%	33%	2%	Bush	0.5%
"Speedway" Vote
DARLINGTON	61%	36%	3%	Bush	1.2%
"Robertson Country"
JASPER	50%	47%	3%	Bush	0.2%
UNION	56%	42%	3%	Bush	0.6%
ABBEVILLE	46%	48%	6%	McCain	0.6%
Note: The results and delegate count are based on nearly complete but unofficial results. The black-majority counties listed above are those in South Carolina with the highest proportion of blacks, according to the 1990 census. "Robertson Country" are the counties where Pat Robertson received over 30% of the vote in the 1988 Republican primary.