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South Carolina 2000 vs 2012: county swing

14 of 46 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 6 changed hands.

Allendale County: swing D+18.1Bamberg County: swing D+10.0Clarendon County: swing D+5.2Fairfield County: swing D+5.0Hampton County: swing D+0.4Jasper County: swing R+3.3Orangeburg County: swing D+21.7Saluda County: swing R+0.5Darlington County: swing D+8.1Dorchester County: swing D+9.4Edgefield County: swing R+4.1Kershaw County: swing D+4.7Lee County: swing D+16.9McCormick County: swing R+1.7Newberry County: swing D+10.5Oconee County: swing R+9.5Richland County: swing D+20.8Spartanburg County: swing D+3.8Sumter County: swing D+22.7Williamsburg County: swing D+20.5Abbeville County: swing R+5.3Aiken County: swing D+6.5Anderson County: swing R+7.9Calhoun County: swing D+6.7Chester County: swing D+8.2Chesterfield County: swing R+2.0Cherokee County: swing R+6.2Dillon County: swing D+5.5Greenville County: swing D+7.1Greenwood County: swing D+4.3Horry County: swing R+14.0Laurens County: swing D+3.1Marlboro County: swing R+5.4Union County: swing D+4.2Colleton County: swing D+2.5Florence County: swing D+15.1Georgetown County: swing R+2.3Barnwell County: swing D+15.7Beaufort County: swing D+0.8Charleston County: swing D+10.2Lancaster County: swing R+3.8York County: swing D+6.3Lexington County: swing D+4.6Marion County: swing D+8.1Pickens County: swing R+3.4Berkeley County: swing D+1.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Horry County R+15.6 R+29.6 R+14.0 71,265 112,393
Oconee County R+33.1 R+42.6 R+9.5 23,575 30,666
Anderson County R+28.6 R+36.5 R+7.9 56,681 72,212
Cherokee County R+23.1 R+29.3 R+6.2 16,323 20,773
Marlboro County D+30.0 D+24.6 R+5.4 7,883 9,853
Abbeville County R+8.1 R+13.4 R+5.3 8,374 10,671
Edgefield County R+9.2 R+13.3 R+4.1 8,834 11,586
Lancaster County R+14.0 R+17.8 R+3.8 20,705 33,144
Pickens County R+45.6 R+49.0 R+3.4 34,582 45,549
Jasper County D+19.1 D+15.8 R+3.3 6,469 10,021
Georgetown County R+5.4 R+7.7 R+2.3 20,351 30,965
Chesterfield County R+1.2 R+3.2 R+2.0 12,526 16,594
McCormick County D+5.3 D+3.6 R+1.7 3,661 5,160
Saluda County R+20.6 R+21.1 R+0.5 6,891 8,564
Hampton County D+27.0 D+27.4 D+0.4 7,759 9,206
Beaufort County R+18.3 R+17.5 D+0.8 44,148 73,297
Berkeley County R+16.3 R+14.5 D+1.8 43,316 68,195
Colleton County flipped R+2.3 D+0.2 D+2.5 13,390 17,086
Laurens County R+20.5 R+17.4 D+3.1 20,410 25,416
Spartanburg County R+27.0 R+23.2 D+3.8 83,553 109,906
Union County R+10.5 R+6.3 D+4.2 10,589 12,541
Greenwood County R+19.5 R+15.2 D+4.3 20,860 28,672
Lexington County R+42.4 R+37.8 D+4.6 83,081 112,623
Kershaw County R+22.8 R+18.1 D+4.7 19,677 27,946
Fairfield County D+26.8 D+31.8 D+5.0 8,398 11,895
Clarendon County D+7.2 D+12.4 D+5.2 11,290 16,292
Dillon County D+10.6 D+16.1 D+5.5 8,990 13,035
York County R+26.7 R+20.4 D+6.3 54,351 100,210
Aiken County R+33.1 R+26.6 D+6.5 50,782 70,363
Calhoun County flipped R+2.4 D+4.3 D+6.7 6,373 7,834
Greenville County R+34.9 R+27.8 D+7.1 140,293 193,189
Darlington County flipped R+4.7 D+3.4 D+8.1 21,863 30,150
Marion County D+22.0 D+30.1 D+8.1 12,149 14,986
Chester County D+2.4 D+10.6 D+8.2 10,432 14,407
Dorchester County R+25.4 R+16.0 D+9.4 33,641 56,855
Bamberg County D+25.3 D+35.3 D+10.0 5,551 6,882
Charleston County flipped R+7.8 D+2.4 D+10.2 111,476 161,707
Newberry County R+24.8 R+14.3 D+10.5 12,372 16,351
Florence County R+15.7 R+0.6 D+15.1 41,437 58,122
Barnwell County flipped R+10.4 D+5.3 D+15.7 8,276 9,923
Lee County D+18.4 D+35.3 D+16.9 6,642 8,907
Allendale County D+41.0 D+59.1 D+18.1 3,340 4,163
Williamsburg County D+19.4 D+39.9 D+20.5 11,331 16,304
Richland County D+11.1 D+31.9 D+20.8 116,481 159,154
Orangeburg County D+21.8 D+43.5 D+21.7 32,734 43,041
Sumter County flipped R+5.1 D+17.6 D+22.7 30,672 47,309

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