Elections in South Carolina explained

Elections in South Carolina are held to fill various local, state and federal seats. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time.

In a 2020 study, South Carolina was ranked as the 7th-hardest state for citizens to vote in, based on registration and identification requirements, and convenience provisions.^[1]

Recent elections

1996 elections

1998 elections

2000 elections

2002 elections

2004 elections

2006 elections

2016 elections

2017 elections

2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election

2018 elections

2018 South Carolina elections
- 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
- 2018 South Carolina gubernatorial election

2020 elections

2020 South Carolina elections

2022 elections

2022 South Carolina elections

2024 elections

2024 South Carolina elections

Presidential elections through history

Historical presidential elections in South Carolina.!Election !Candidate !Party !Election
winner?!Electoral
Votes
1788	George Washington		None	7
1792	George Washington		None	8
1796	Thomas Jefferson		Democratic-Republican
1800	Thomas Jefferson		Democratic-Republican
1804	Thomas Jefferson		Democratic-Republican	10
1808	James Madison		Democratic-Republican	10
1812	James Madison		Democratic-Republican	11
1816	James Monroe		Democratic-Republican
1820	James Monroe		Democratic-Republican
1824	Andrew Jackson		Democratic-Republican
1828	Andrew Jackson		Democratic
1832	John Floyd		Nullifier
1836	Willie Mangum		Whig
1840	Martin Van Buren		Democratic
1844	James K. Polk		Democratic	9
1848	Lewis Cass		Democratic	9
1852	Franklin Pierce		Democratic	8
1856	James Buchanan		Democratic
1860	John C. Breckinridge		Democratic
1864	United States Civil War	0
1868	Ulysses S. Grant		Republican	6
1872	Ulysses S. Grant		Republican	7
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes		Republican
1880	Winfield S. Hancock		Democratic
1884	Grover Cleveland		Democratic	9
1888	Grover Cleveland		Democratic
1892	Grover Cleveland		Democratic
1896	William Jennings Bryan		Democratic Populist
1900	William Jennings Bryan		Democratic Populist
1900	Alton B. Parker		Democratic
1908	William Jennings Bryan		Democratic
1912	Woodrow Wilson		Democratic
1916	Woodrow Wilson		Democratic
1920	James M. Cox		Democratic
1924	John W. Davis		Democratic
1928	Alfred E. Smith		Democratic
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt		Democratic	8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt		Democratic
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt		Democratic
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt		Democratic
1948	Strom Thurmond		States' Rights Democrat
1952	Adlai Stevenson		Democratic
1956	Adlai Stevenson		Democratic
1960	John F. Kennedy		Democratic
1964	Barry Goldwater		Republican
1968	Richard Nixon		Republican
1972	Richard Nixon		Republican
1976	Jimmy Carter		Democratic
1980	Ronald Reagan		Republican
1984	Ronald Reagan		Republican
1988	George H. W. Bush		Republican
1992	George H. W. Bush		Republican
1996	Bob Dole		Republican
2000	George W. Bush		Republican
2004	George W. Bush		Republican
2008	John McCain		Republican
2012	Mitt Romney		Republican	9
2016	Donald Trump		Republican
2020	Donald Trump		Republican

External links

- - - - Web site: League of Women Voters of South Carolina . (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

Notes and References

J. Pomante II . Michael . Li . Quan . Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020 . Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy . 15 Dec 2020 . 19 . 4 . 503–509 . 10.1089/elj.2020.0666 . 225139517 . 14 January 2022. free .