1812
South Carolina in 1812
The 1812 contest saw South Carolina line up behind Madison, delivering 11 electoral votes to the Democratic-Republican ticket. South Carolina ended up on the winning side — James Madison captured the White House that year.
It marked the 5th consecutive election in which South Carolina backed the Democratic-Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1796. South Carolina did not move alone — neighboring Georgia and North Carolina broke the same way in 1812. Across the 59 presidential elections South Carolina has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the First Party System — Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans.
In the national count, James Madison took 128 of the 217 electoral votes, against DeWitt Clinton's 89.
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