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South Carolina 2004 vs 2008: county swing

2 of 46 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 5 changed hands.

Allendale County: swing D+7.8Bamberg County: swing D+2.9Clarendon County: swing D+4.5Fairfield County: swing D+7.9Hampton County: swing D+3.7Jasper County: swing D+9.6Orangeburg County: swing D+6.2Saluda County: swing R+1.4Darlington County: swing D+6.0Dorchester County: swing D+11.7Edgefield County: swing D+5.1Kershaw County: swing D+5.9Lee County: swing D+5.4McCormick County: swing D+1.2Newberry County: swing D+8.0Oconee County: swing D+0.3Richland County: swing D+13.9Spartanburg County: swing D+7.7Sumter County: swing D+13.7Williamsburg County: swing D+7.7Abbeville County: swing R+4.5Aiken County: swing D+8.4Anderson County: swing D+1.7Calhoun County: swing D+4.3Chester County: swing D+8.3Chesterfield County: swing D+0.7Cherokee County: swing D+0.6Dillon County: swing D+5.7Greenville County: swing D+9.4Greenwood County: swing D+6.9Horry County: swing D+1.1Laurens County: swing D+4.0Marlboro County: swing D+7.6Union County: swing D+0.1Colleton County: swing D+4.5Florence County: swing D+9.4Georgetown County: swing D+3.3Barnwell County: swing D+8.8Beaufort County: swing D+10.6Charleston County: swing D+13.1Lancaster County: swing D+10.6York County: swing D+12.3Lexington County: swing D+6.7Marion County: swing D+11.5Pickens County: swing D+1.9Berkeley County: swing D+9.5
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Abbeville County R+10.6 R+15.1 R+4.5 9,925 11,001
Saluda County R+20.3 R+21.7 R+1.4 7,578 8,603
Union County R+11.3 R+11.2 D+0.1 11,934 13,551
Oconee County R+37.8 R+37.5 D+0.3 27,532 31,132
Cherokee County R+30.0 R+29.4 D+0.6 18,714 20,766
Chesterfield County R+3.7 R+3.0 D+0.7 14,049 16,359
Horry County R+25.7 R+24.6 D+1.1 81,347 104,798
McCormick County D+4.9 D+6.1 D+1.2 5,122 5,232
Anderson County R+35.0 R+33.3 D+1.7 64,722 73,787
Pickens County R+48.1 R+46.2 D+1.9 40,510 45,128
Bamberg County D+28.2 D+31.1 D+2.9 6,036 6,814
Georgetown County R+8.5 R+5.2 D+3.3 23,593 30,290
Hampton County D+21.7 D+25.4 D+3.7 8,016 9,350
Laurens County R+22.1 R+18.1 D+4.0 23,829 26,282
Calhoun County flipped R+0.8 D+3.5 D+4.3 6,919 7,738
Clarendon County D+7.8 D+12.3 D+4.5 13,200 15,552
Colleton County flipped R+4.0 D+0.5 D+4.5 14,106 17,321
Edgefield County R+16.0 R+10.9 D+5.1 9,746 11,520
Lee County D+26.1 D+31.5 D+5.4 7,898 9,153
Dillon County D+5.7 D+11.4 D+5.7 9,235 13,417
Kershaw County R+24.6 R+18.7 D+5.9 22,915 27,985
Darlington County R+6.2 R+0.2 D+6.0 25,454 29,334
Orangeburg County D+31.9 D+38.1 D+6.2 37,564 39,754
Lexington County R+44.7 R+38.0 D+6.7 93,432 109,512
Greenwood County R+22.6 R+15.7 D+6.9 23,442 29,667
Marlboro County D+18.2 D+25.8 D+7.6 8,560 10,876
Spartanburg County R+29.3 R+21.6 D+7.7 96,758 108,328
Williamsburg County D+30.5 D+38.2 D+7.7 13,918 16,443
Allendale County D+44.0 D+51.8 D+7.8 3,591 4,024
Fairfield County D+23.7 D+31.6 D+7.9 9,435 11,619
Newberry County R+25.6 R+17.6 D+8.0 12,409 16,524
Chester County flipped Even D+8.3 D+8.3 11,729 13,981
Aiken County R+32.4 R+24.0 D+8.4 59,492 69,770
Barnwell County flipped R+7.2 D+1.6 D+8.8 8,685 9,798
Florence County R+12.6 R+3.2 D+9.4 49,545 58,373
Greenville County R+33.2 R+23.8 D+9.4 168,833 190,657
Berkeley County R+22.6 R+13.1 D+9.5 52,937 64,781
Jasper County D+13.3 D+22.9 D+9.6 6,846 8,854
Beaufort County R+21.4 R+10.8 D+10.6 55,235 68,870
Lancaster County R+25.4 R+14.8 D+10.6 20,814 28,921
Marion County D+16.1 D+27.6 D+11.5 13,507 15,174
Dorchester County R+27.2 R+15.5 D+11.7 41,317 52,405
York County R+30.0 R+17.7 D+12.3 70,181 93,696
Charleston County flipped R+4.8 D+8.3 D+13.1 136,316 154,434
Sumter County D+1.7 D+15.4 D+13.7 37,003 44,358
Richland County D+15.0 D+28.9 D+13.9 133,801 165,037

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