Results archive / South Carolina
South Carolina election results
President since 1976, counties since 2000, US Senate since 1976.
President
Electoral votes
1976 D 81980 R 81984 R 81988 R 81992 R 81996 R 82000 R 82004 R 82008 R 82012 R 92016 R 92020 R 92024 R 9
2024 Trump+17.9
Counties
Democratic lead<55-1010-2020+
Republican lead<55-1010-2020+
No dataSwing
Towards the Democrat<22-55-1010+
Towards the Republican<22-55-1010+
No dataUS Senate
2022
Tim Scott (R)62.9%
Krystle Matthews (D)37.0%
2020
Lindsey Graham (R)54.4%
Jaime Harrison (D)44.2%
2016
Tim Scott (R)60.6%
Thomas Dixon (D)36.9%
2014
Lindsey Graham (R)54.3%
Brad Hutto (D)38.8%
2014special
Tim Scott (R)61.1%
Joyce Dickerson (D)37.1%
2010
Jim Demint (R)61.5%
Alvin M. Greene (D)27.6%
2008
Lindsey Graham (R)57.5%
Bob Conley (D)42.2%
2004
Jim Demint (R)53.7%
Inez Tenenbaum (D)44.1%
2002
Lindsey O. Graham (R)54.4%
Alex Sanders (D)44.2%
1998
Ernest F. Hollings (D)52.7%
Bob Inglis (R)45.7%
1996
Strom Thurmond (R)53.4%
Elliot Springs Close (D)44.0%
1992
Ernest F. Hollings (D)50.1%
Tommy Hartnett (R)46.9%
1990
Strom Thurmond (R)64.2%
Bob Cunningham (D)32.5%
1986
Ernest Fritz Hollings (D)63.1%
Henry D. McMaster (R)35.6%
1984
Strom Thurmond (R)66.8%
Melvin Purvis (D)31.8%
1980
Ernest Fritz Hollings (D)70.4%
Marshall Mays (R)29.6%
1978
Strom Thurmond (R)55.7%
Charles D. Ravenel (D)44.3%
MEDSL and VEST results files: fixed historic releases. 2026 Senate counts: uncertified.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
Final results.