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South Carolina 2008 vs 2012: county swing

20 of 46 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Allendale County: swing D+7.3Bamberg County: swing D+4.2Clarendon County: swing D+0.1Fairfield County: swing D+0.2Hampton County: swing D+2.0Jasper County: swing R+7.1Orangeburg County: swing D+5.4Saluda County: swing D+0.6Darlington County: swing D+3.6Dorchester County: swing R+0.5Edgefield County: swing R+2.4Kershaw County: swing D+0.6Lee County: swing D+3.8McCormick County: swing R+2.5Newberry County: swing D+3.3Oconee County: swing R+5.1Richland County: swing D+3.0Spartanburg County: swing R+1.6Sumter County: swing D+2.2Williamsburg County: swing D+1.7Abbeville County: swing D+1.7Aiken County: swing R+2.6Anderson County: swing R+3.2Calhoun County: swing D+0.8Chester County: swing D+2.3Chesterfield County: swing R+0.2Cherokee County: swing D+0.1Dillon County: swing D+4.7Greenville County: swing R+4.0Greenwood County: swing D+0.5Horry County: swing R+5.0Laurens County: swing D+0.7Marlboro County: swing R+1.2Union County: swing D+4.9Colleton County: swing R+0.3Florence County: swing D+2.6Georgetown County: swing R+2.5Barnwell County: swing D+3.7Beaufort County: swing R+6.7Charleston County: swing R+5.9Lancaster County: swing R+3.0York County: swing R+2.7Lexington County: swing D+0.2Marion County: swing D+2.5Pickens County: swing R+2.8Berkeley County: swing R+1.4
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Jasper County D+22.9 D+15.8 R+7.1 8,854 10,021
Beaufort County R+10.8 R+17.5 R+6.7 68,870 73,297
Charleston County D+8.3 D+2.4 R+5.9 154,434 161,707
Oconee County R+37.5 R+42.6 R+5.1 31,132 30,666
Horry County R+24.6 R+29.6 R+5.0 104,798 112,393
Greenville County R+23.8 R+27.8 R+4.0 190,657 193,189
Anderson County R+33.3 R+36.5 R+3.2 73,787 72,212
Lancaster County R+14.8 R+17.8 R+3.0 28,921 33,144
Pickens County R+46.2 R+49.0 R+2.8 45,128 45,549
York County R+17.7 R+20.4 R+2.7 93,696 100,210
Aiken County R+24.0 R+26.6 R+2.6 69,770 70,363
Georgetown County R+5.2 R+7.7 R+2.5 30,290 30,965
McCormick County D+6.1 D+3.6 R+2.5 5,232 5,160
Edgefield County R+10.9 R+13.3 R+2.4 11,520 11,586
Spartanburg County R+21.6 R+23.2 R+1.6 108,328 109,906
Berkeley County R+13.1 R+14.5 R+1.4 64,781 68,195
Marlboro County D+25.8 D+24.6 R+1.2 10,876 9,853
Dorchester County R+15.5 R+16.0 R+0.5 52,405 56,855
Colleton County D+0.5 D+0.2 R+0.3 17,321 17,086
Chesterfield County R+3.0 R+3.2 R+0.2 16,359 16,594
Cherokee County R+29.4 R+29.3 D+0.1 20,766 20,773
Clarendon County D+12.3 D+12.4 D+0.1 15,552 16,292
Fairfield County D+31.6 D+31.8 D+0.2 11,619 11,895
Lexington County R+38.0 R+37.8 D+0.2 109,512 112,623
Greenwood County R+15.7 R+15.2 D+0.5 29,667 28,672
Kershaw County R+18.7 R+18.1 D+0.6 27,985 27,946
Saluda County R+21.7 R+21.1 D+0.6 8,603 8,564
Laurens County R+18.1 R+17.4 D+0.7 26,282 25,416
Calhoun County D+3.5 D+4.3 D+0.8 7,738 7,834
Abbeville County R+15.1 R+13.4 D+1.7 11,001 10,671
Williamsburg County D+38.2 D+39.9 D+1.7 16,443 16,304
Hampton County D+25.4 D+27.4 D+2.0 9,350 9,206
Sumter County D+15.4 D+17.6 D+2.2 44,358 47,309
Chester County D+8.3 D+10.6 D+2.3 13,981 14,407
Marion County D+27.6 D+30.1 D+2.5 15,174 14,986
Florence County R+3.2 R+0.6 D+2.6 58,373 58,122
Richland County D+28.9 D+31.9 D+3.0 165,037 159,154
Newberry County R+17.6 R+14.3 D+3.3 16,524 16,351
Darlington County flipped R+0.2 D+3.4 D+3.6 29,334 30,150
Barnwell County D+1.6 D+5.3 D+3.7 9,798 9,923
Lee County D+31.5 D+35.3 D+3.8 9,153 8,907
Bamberg County D+31.1 D+35.3 D+4.2 6,814 6,882
Dillon County D+11.4 D+16.1 D+4.7 13,417 13,035
Union County R+11.2 R+6.3 D+4.9 13,551 12,541
Orangeburg County D+38.1 D+43.5 D+5.4 39,754 43,041
Allendale County D+51.8 D+59.1 D+7.3 4,024 4,163

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