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South Carolina 2000 vs 2004: county swing

31 of 46 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Allendale County: swing D+3.0Bamberg County: swing D+2.9Clarendon County: swing D+0.6Fairfield County: swing R+3.1Hampton County: swing R+5.3Jasper County: swing R+5.8Orangeburg County: swing D+10.1Saluda County: swing D+0.3Darlington County: swing R+1.5Dorchester County: swing R+1.8Edgefield County: swing R+6.8Kershaw County: swing R+1.8Lee County: swing D+7.7McCormick County: swing R+0.4Newberry County: swing R+0.8Oconee County: swing R+4.7Richland County: swing D+3.9Spartanburg County: swing R+2.3Sumter County: swing D+6.8Williamsburg County: swing D+11.1Abbeville County: swing R+2.5Aiken County: swing D+0.7Anderson County: swing R+6.4Calhoun County: swing D+1.6Chester County: swing R+2.4Chesterfield County: swing R+2.5Cherokee County: swing R+6.9Dillon County: swing R+4.9Greenville County: swing D+1.7Greenwood County: swing R+3.1Horry County: swing R+10.1Laurens County: swing R+1.6Marlboro County: swing R+11.8Union County: swing R+0.8Colleton County: swing R+1.7Florence County: swing D+3.1Georgetown County: swing R+3.1Barnwell County: swing D+3.2Beaufort County: swing R+3.1Charleston County: swing D+3.0Lancaster County: swing R+11.4York County: swing R+3.3Lexington County: swing R+2.3Marion County: swing R+5.9Pickens County: swing R+2.5Berkeley County: swing R+6.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002004SwingVotes 2000Votes 2004
Marlboro County D+30.0 D+18.2 R+11.8 7,883 8,560
Lancaster County R+14.0 R+25.4 R+11.4 20,705 20,814
Horry County R+15.6 R+25.7 R+10.1 71,265 81,347
Cherokee County R+23.1 R+30.0 R+6.9 16,323 18,714
Edgefield County R+9.2 R+16.0 R+6.8 8,834 9,746
Anderson County R+28.6 R+35.0 R+6.4 56,681 64,722
Berkeley County R+16.3 R+22.6 R+6.3 43,316 52,937
Marion County D+22.0 D+16.1 R+5.9 12,149 13,507
Jasper County D+19.1 D+13.3 R+5.8 6,469 6,846
Hampton County D+27.0 D+21.7 R+5.3 7,759 8,016
Dillon County D+10.6 D+5.7 R+4.9 8,990 9,235
Oconee County R+33.1 R+37.8 R+4.7 23,575 27,532
York County R+26.7 R+30.0 R+3.3 54,351 70,181
Beaufort County R+18.3 R+21.4 R+3.1 44,148 55,235
Fairfield County D+26.8 D+23.7 R+3.1 8,398 9,435
Georgetown County R+5.4 R+8.5 R+3.1 20,351 23,593
Greenwood County R+19.5 R+22.6 R+3.1 20,860 23,442
Abbeville County R+8.1 R+10.6 R+2.5 8,374 9,925
Chesterfield County R+1.2 R+3.7 R+2.5 12,526 14,049
Pickens County R+45.6 R+48.1 R+2.5 34,582 40,510
Chester County flipped D+2.4 Even R+2.4 10,432 11,729
Lexington County R+42.4 R+44.7 R+2.3 83,081 93,432
Spartanburg County R+27.0 R+29.3 R+2.3 83,553 96,758
Dorchester County R+25.4 R+27.2 R+1.8 33,641 41,317
Kershaw County R+22.8 R+24.6 R+1.8 19,677 22,915
Colleton County R+2.3 R+4.0 R+1.7 13,390 14,106
Laurens County R+20.5 R+22.1 R+1.6 20,410 23,829
Darlington County R+4.7 R+6.2 R+1.5 21,863 25,454
Newberry County R+24.8 R+25.6 R+0.8 12,372 12,409
Union County R+10.5 R+11.3 R+0.8 10,589 11,934
McCormick County D+5.3 D+4.9 R+0.4 3,661 5,122
Saluda County R+20.6 R+20.3 D+0.3 6,891 7,578
Clarendon County D+7.2 D+7.8 D+0.6 11,290 13,200
Aiken County R+33.1 R+32.4 D+0.7 50,782 59,492
Calhoun County R+2.4 R+0.8 D+1.6 6,373 6,919
Greenville County R+34.9 R+33.2 D+1.7 140,293 168,833
Bamberg County D+25.3 D+28.2 D+2.9 5,551 6,036
Allendale County D+41.0 D+44.0 D+3.0 3,340 3,591
Charleston County R+7.8 R+4.8 D+3.0 111,476 136,316
Florence County R+15.7 R+12.6 D+3.1 41,437 49,545
Barnwell County R+10.4 R+7.2 D+3.2 8,276 8,685
Richland County D+11.1 D+15.0 D+3.9 116,481 133,801
Sumter County flipped R+5.1 D+1.7 D+6.8 30,672 37,003
Lee County D+18.4 D+26.1 D+7.7 6,642 7,898
Orangeburg County D+21.8 D+31.9 D+10.1 32,734 37,564
Williamsburg County D+19.4 D+30.5 D+11.1 11,331 13,918

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data