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South Carolina
Party timeline · 1789–2024
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Swing timeline · South Carolina
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 13 flips across 59 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 27
Rep 18
D-R 8
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Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rep Trump | Harris 1,028,452 40.4% | Trump 1,483,747 58.2% | None | 455,295 17.9 pts | R +6.2 since 2020 |
| 2020 | Rep Trump | Biden 1,091,541 43.4% | Trump 1,385,103 55.1% | Jo Jorgensen 27,916 · 1.1% | 293,562 11.7 pts | D +2.6 since 2016 |
| 2016 | Rep Trump | Clinton 855,373 40.7% | Trump 1,155,389 54.9% | Gary Johnson 49,204 · 2.3% | 300,016 14.3 pts | R +3.8 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Rep Romney | Obama 865,941 44.1% | Romney 1,071,645 54.6% | None | 205,704 10.5 pts | R +1.5 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Rep McCain | Obama 862,449 44.9% | McCain 1,034,896 53.9% | None | 172,447 9.0 pts | D +8.1 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Rep Bush | Kerry 661,669 40.9% | Bush 937,974 58.0% | None | 276,305 17.1 pts | R +1.1 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Rep Bush | Gore 566,037 40.9% | Bush 786,892 56.9% | Ralph Nader 20,279 · 1.5% | 220,855 16.0 pts | R +10.1 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Rep Dole | Clinton 506,152 44.0% | Dole 573,339 49.8% | Ross Perot 64,377 · 5.6% | 67,187 5.8 pts | D +2.3 since 1992 |
| 19921,2,3 | Rep Bush | Clinton 479,5141 39.9% | Bush 577,507 48.0% | Ross Perot 138,872 · 11.5%2 | 97,993 8.1 pts | D +15.8 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 370,554 37.6% | Bush 606,443 61.5% | None | 235,889 23.9 pts | D +4.1 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 344,459 35.6% | Reagan 615,539 63.6% | None | 271,080 28.0 pts | R +26.7 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 428,220 48.2% | Reagan 439,277 49.5% | John B. Anderson 13,868 · 1.6% | 11,057 1.2 pts | R +14.3 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 450,807 56.2% | Ford 346,149 43.1% | None | 104,658 13.0 pts | D +56.4 since 1972 |
| 19724 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 184,5594 27.4% | Nixon 477,0444 70.8% | John G. Schmitz 10,075 · 1.5%4 | 292,485 43.4 pts | R +34.9 since 1968 |
| 1968 | Rep Nixon | Humphrey 197,486 29.6% | Nixon 254,062 38.1% | George Wallace 215,430 · 32.3% | 38,632 5.8 pts | D +9.3 since 1964 |
| 19645 | Rep Goldwater | Johnson 215,7005 41.1% | Goldwater 309,0485 58.9% | None | 93,348 17.8 pts | R +20.3 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 198,129 51.2% | Nixon 188,558 48.8% | None | 9,571 2.5 pts | R +17.7 since 1956 |
| 19566 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 136,3726 45.4% | Eisenhower 75,7006 25.2% | None | 60,672 20.2 pts | D +18.7 since 1952 |
| 19527,8,9 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 173,0047 50.7% | Eisenhower 168,0827 49.3% | None | 4,922 1.4 pts | R +18.9 since 1948 |
| 1948 | Dixie Thurmond | Truman 34,423 24.1% | Dewey 5,386 3.8% | Strom Thurmond 102,607 · 72.0% | 68,184 47.8 pts | R +62.9 since 1944 |
| 194410 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 90,60110 87.6% | Dewey 4,54710 4.4% | None | 86,054 83.2 pts | R +10.7 since 1940 |
| 194011 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 95,47011 95.6% | Willkie 1,72711 1.7% | None | 93,743 93.9 pts | R +3.2 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 113,791 98.6% | Landon 1,646 1.4% | None | 112,145 97.1 pts | D +1.0 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 102,347 98.0% | Hoover 1,978 1.9% | None | 100,369 96.1 pts | D +9.4 since 1928 |
| 192812 | Dem Smith | Smith 62,70012 91.4% | Hoover 3,18812 4.6% | None | 59,512 86.7 pts | R +7.6 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Dem Davis | Davis 49,008 96.6% | Coolidge 1,123 2.2% | Robert M. La Follette 620 · 1.2% | 47,885 94.4 pts | D +1.7 since 1920 |
| 192013,14 | Dem Cox | Cox 64,17013 96.1% | Harding 2,24413 3.4% | None | 61,926 92.7 pts | R +1.6 since 1916 |
| 191615 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 61,83715 96.7% | Hughes 1,55815 2.4% | None | 60,279 94.3 pts | R +0.7 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 48,355 96.0% | Taft 536 1.1% | Theodore Roosevelt 1,293 · 2.6% | 47,062 93.5 pts | D +7.1 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 62,288 93.8% | Taft 3,963 6.0% | None | 58,325 87.8 pts | R +4.2 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Dem Parker | Parker 54,635 96.0% | Roosevelt 2,254 4.0% | None | 52,381 92.0 pts | D +6.1 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 47,236 93.0% | McKinley 3,579 7.0% | None | 43,657 85.9 pts | D +14.1 since 1896 |
| 189616,17 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 58,79816 85.3% | McKinley 9,28116 13.5% | John M. Palmer 828 · 1.2%16 | 49,517 71.9 pts | D +13.2 since 1892 |
| 189218 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 54,69218 77.6% | Harrison 13,34518 18.9% | James B. Weaver 2,407 · 3.4%18 | 41,347 58.7 pts | R +6.5 since 1888 |
| 188819 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 65,82519 82.3% | Harrison 13,73619 17.2% | None | 52,089 65.2 pts | D +12.7 since 1884 |
| 188420 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 69,76420 76.2% | Blaine 21,73320 23.8% | None | 48,031 52.5 pts | D +20.8 since 1880 |
| 188021 | Dem Hancock | Hancock 112,31221 65.7% | Garfield 58,07121 34.0% | None | 54,241 31.7 pts | D +32.2 since 1876 |
| 187622,23 | Rep Hayes | Tilden 90,897 49.8% | Hayes 91,786 50.2% | None | 889 0.5 pts | D +51.3 since 1872 |
| 187224,25 | Rep Grant | Greeley 22,90324 24.0% | Grant 72,29024 75.8% | None | 49,387 51.8 pts | R +35.9 since 1868 |
| 186826 | Rep Grant | Seymour 45,23726 42.1% | Grant 62,30126 57.9% | None | 17,064 15.9 pts | First sourced year |
| 186027 | S-Dem Breckinridge | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 185628 | Dem Buchanan | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 185229 | Dem Pierce | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 184830 | Dem Cass | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 184431 | Dem Polk | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 184032 | Dem Van Buren | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 183633 | Whig Mangum | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 183234 | Nul Floyd | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 182835 | Dem Jackson | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 182436 | D-R Jackson | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 182037 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181638 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181239 | D-R Madison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180840 | D-R Madison | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 180441 | D-R Jefferson | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 180042 | D-R Jefferson Aaron Burr 8, Thomas Jefferson 8 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179643 | D-R Jefferson Thomas Jefferson 8, Thomas Pinckney 8 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179244 | Ind Washington George Washington 8, John Adams 7, Aaron Burr 1 | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 178945 | Ind Washington George Washington 7, John Rutledge 6, John Hancock 1 | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 1992 The MIT Election Lab file gives Bill Clinton 525,514 votes; the FEC's official results give 479,514. This site shows the FEC figure.
- 1992 The MIT Election Lab file gives Ross Perot 119,257 votes; the FEC's official results give 138,872. This site shows the FEC figure.
- 1992 The state total (1,202,527) is the FEC's official total; the MIT file's total is 1,228,912. 'Other candidates' is that total minus the figures shown.
- 1972 The official table notes: Others 2,265: footnote 8, 'United Citizens Party.'
- 1964 The official table notes: Others figure 8 marked footnote 2: 'Write-in.'
- 1956 The official table notes: Others: 'By petition' (footnote 13); the table does not say whom these electors supported.
- 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower's figure includes 158,289 votes the official table prints in its Others column: Separate set of electors, by petition, for Republican candidates (footnote 16).
- 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower's figure is the sum of the lines the official table prints separately (Eisenhower (Republican) 9,793; Others 158,289).
- 1952 The official table notes: Others, 158,289: 'Separate set of electors, by petition, for Republican candidates' (footnote 16), i.e. a second slate pledged to Eisenhower; Eisenhower's two slates together had 168,082.
- 1944 The official table notes: Others: Southern Democrats 7,799 votes and Republican (Tolbert Faction) 63 votes (footnote 11).
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: Jeffersonian Democrats, 2,496; Republican (Tolbert Faction), 137.
- 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 19: 'Anti-Smith votes, 2,670, included in grand total.'
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1920 The official table notes: Other tickets on the state page (in OthersState): Insurgent Referendum 366.
- 1916 The official table's state total (63,952) is 422 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1896 The official table notes: The almanac's South Carolina returns note: "There were two McKinley electoral tickets. The Regular Republican ticket received 5,058 and the 'Reorganized Republican' ticket 4,223"; the table's 9,281 is their sum.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1888 The official table's state total (79,941) is 380 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 South Carolina's result was disputed; the Electoral Commission gave its electors to Hayes.
- 1876 This state's 1876 return was disputed and the site follows the returns certified by the state's canvassing board (see docs/data/votes-historic.md). The Tribune Almanac 1878, p. 60, prints Hayes 91,870 and Tilden 90,906 without saying which return it reports, so its figures are not used for this state.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1860 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1856 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1852 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1848 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1844 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1840 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1836 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1832 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1828 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1824 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1816 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1812 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1808 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1804 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1800 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1796 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1792 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1789 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 92 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; Algara & Amlani, U.S. county presidential returns 1868-2020 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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Reconstruction1868
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Hayes
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Hancock
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Cleveland
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Parker
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Bryan
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era1916
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Cox
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Davis
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Smith
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Thurmond
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Kennedy
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Goldwater
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Bush
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Bush
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Dole
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
McCain
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
Romney
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
Trump
National: Joe Biden · Dem
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National: Donald Trump · Rep
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