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State record · SC

South Carolina

9 electoral votes in 202446 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+601868: R+15.9 two-party · 107,538 votes18681872: R+52.2 two-party · 95,452 votes1876: R+0.5 two-party · 182,683 votes1880: D+31.5 two-party · 169,793 votes1884: D+52.5 two-party · 92,812 votes1888: D+65.5 two-party · 79,997 votes18881892: D+60.8 two-party · 70,504 votes1896: D+72.7 two-party · 68,940 votes1900: D+86.1 two-party · 50,698 votes1904: D+90.8 two-party · 55,890 votes1908: D+88.1 two-party · 66,379 votes19081912: D+97.7 two-party · 50,403 votes1916: D+95.0 two-party · 63,950 votes1920: D+93.2 two-party · 66,808 votes1924: D+95.4 two-party · 50,755 votes1928: D+90.3 two-party · 68,605 votes19281932: D+96.2 two-party · 104,411 votes1936: D+97.1 two-party · 115,437 votes1940: D+96.4 two-party · 99,830 votes1944: D+90.4 two-party · 103,382 votes1948: D+72.9 two-party · 142,571 votes19481952: D+89.3 two-party · 341,001 votes1956: D+28.6 two-party · 300,423 votes1960: D+2.5 two-party · 386,680 votes1964: R+17.8 two-party · 524,779 votes1968: R+12.5 two-party · 666,978 votes19681972: R+43.3 two-party · 677,863 votes1976: D+13.1 two-party · 802,583 votes · 8 EV1980: R+1.3 two-party · 888,258 votes · 8 EV1984: R+28.2 two-party · 968,529 votes · 8 EV1988: R+24.1 two-party · 986,009 votes · 8 EV19881992: R+4.7 two-party · 1,228,912 votes · 8 EV1996: R+6.2 two-party · 1,150,182 votes · 8 EV2000: R+16.3 two-party · 1,383,902 votes · 8 EV2004: R+17.3 two-party · 1,617,700 votes · 8 EV2008: R+9.1 two-party · 1,920,969 votes · 8 EV20082012: R+10.6 two-party · 1,964,118 votes · 9 EV2016: R+14.9 two-party · 2,103,027 votes · 9 EV2020: R+11.9 two-party · 2,514,096 votes · 9 EV2024: R+18.1 two-party · 2,548,140 votes · 9 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%
AbbevilleR+42.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
AikenR+26.3
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
AllendaleD+45.4
27 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
AndersonR+47.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BambergD+15.5
32 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
BarnwellR+15.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BeaufortR+14.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BerkeleyR+16.5
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CalhounR+14.5
30 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CharlestonD+5.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
CherokeeR+51.8
32 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ChesterR+17.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ChesterfieldR+28.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClarendonR+12.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ColletonR+18.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DarlingtonR+13.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DillonR+10.9
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DorchesterR+14.9
32 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
EdgefieldR+32.2
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FairfieldD+13.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
FlorenceR+8.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GeorgetownR+19.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GreenvilleR+22.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GreenwoodR+29.4
32 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HamptonD+6.5
36 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
HorryR+38.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JasperR+9.7
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
KershawR+28.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LancasterR+25.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LaurensR+41.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LeeD+18.8
31 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
LexingtonR+33.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MarionD+10.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
MarlboroD+2.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
McCormickR+17.3
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
NewberryR+34.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OconeeR+52.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OrangeburgD+24.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
PickensR+53.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RichlandD+35.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
SaludaR+44.9
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SpartanburgR+34.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SumterD+5.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
UnionR+33.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WilliamsburgD+22.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
YorkR+19.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican