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South Carolina 2008 vs 2016: county swing

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

Allendale County: swing D+2.3Bamberg County: swing R+3.9Clarendon County: swing R+10.1Fairfield County: swing R+5.7Hampton County: swing R+6.3Jasper County: swing R+16.2Orangeburg County: swing R+1.2Saluda County: swing R+10.0Darlington County: swing R+3.5Dorchester County: swing R+2.0Edgefield County: swing R+9.3Kershaw County: swing R+6.2Lee County: swing R+2.2McCormick County: swing R+9.4Newberry County: swing R+5.0Oconee County: swing R+10.6Richland County: swing D+4.0Spartanburg County: swing R+8.4Sumter County: swing R+3.4Williamsburg County: swing R+4.4Abbeville County: swing R+13.0Aiken County: swing R+3.5Anderson County: swing R+10.4Calhoun County: swing R+6.4Chester County: swing R+13.1Chesterfield County: swing R+11.8Cherokee County: swing R+12.3Dillon County: swing R+9.7Greenville County: swing R+1.0Greenwood County: swing R+6.1Horry County: swing R+13.0Laurens County: swing R+11.7Marlboro County: swing R+9.6Union County: swing R+8.1Colleton County: swing R+9.0Florence County: swing R+1.7Georgetown County: swing R+7.7Barnwell County: swing R+6.7Beaufort County: swing R+3.0Charleston County: swing R+0.5Lancaster County: swing R+10.6York County: swing R+4.3Lexington County: swing D+1.4Marion County: swing R+5.7Pickens County: swing R+6.6Berkeley County: swing R+4.4
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Jasper County D+22.9 D+6.7 R+16.2 8,854 11,427
Chester County flipped D+8.3 R+4.8 R+13.1 13,981 14,192
Abbeville County R+15.1 R+28.1 R+13.0 11,001 10,775
Horry County R+24.6 R+37.6 R+13.0 104,798 132,920
Cherokee County R+29.4 R+41.7 R+12.3 20,766 21,759
Chesterfield County R+3.0 R+14.8 R+11.8 16,359 16,581
Laurens County R+18.1 R+29.8 R+11.7 26,282 26,566
Lancaster County R+14.8 R+25.4 R+10.6 28,921 38,938
Oconee County R+37.5 R+48.1 R+10.6 31,132 33,635
Anderson County R+33.3 R+43.7 R+10.4 73,787 80,483
Clarendon County D+12.3 D+2.2 R+10.1 15,552 15,395
Saluda County R+21.7 R+31.7 R+10.0 8,603 8,564
Dillon County D+11.4 D+1.7 R+9.7 13,417 11,698
Marlboro County D+25.8 D+16.2 R+9.6 10,876 10,389
McCormick County flipped D+6.1 R+3.3 R+9.4 5,232 5,216
Edgefield County R+10.9 R+20.2 R+9.3 11,520 11,644
Colleton County flipped D+0.5 R+8.5 R+9.0 17,321 17,251
Spartanburg County R+21.6 R+30.0 R+8.4 108,328 121,090
Union County R+11.2 R+19.3 R+8.1 13,551 12,092
Georgetown County R+5.2 R+12.9 R+7.7 30,290 31,657
Barnwell County flipped D+1.6 R+5.1 R+6.7 9,798 9,485
Pickens County R+46.2 R+52.8 R+6.6 45,128 49,049
Calhoun County flipped D+3.5 R+2.9 R+6.4 7,738 7,549
Hampton County D+25.4 D+19.1 R+6.3 9,350 8,806
Kershaw County R+18.7 R+24.9 R+6.2 27,985 28,995
Greenwood County R+15.7 R+21.8 R+6.1 29,667 28,763
Fairfield County D+31.6 D+25.9 R+5.7 11,619 11,267
Marion County D+27.6 D+21.9 R+5.7 15,174 14,276
Newberry County R+17.6 R+22.6 R+5.0 16,524 16,807
Berkeley County R+13.1 R+17.5 R+4.4 64,781 79,517
Williamsburg County D+38.2 D+33.8 R+4.4 16,443 15,054
York County R+17.7 R+22.0 R+4.3 93,696 114,357
Bamberg County D+31.1 D+27.2 R+3.9 6,814 6,214
Aiken County R+24.0 R+27.5 R+3.5 69,770 74,851
Darlington County R+0.2 R+3.7 R+3.5 29,334 29,674
Sumter County D+15.4 D+12.0 R+3.4 44,358 44,086
Beaufort County R+10.8 R+13.8 R+3.0 68,870 78,524
Lee County D+31.5 D+29.3 R+2.2 9,153 8,156
Dorchester County R+15.5 R+17.5 R+2.0 52,405 62,567
Florence County R+3.2 R+4.9 R+1.7 58,373 57,931
Orangeburg County D+38.1 D+36.9 R+1.2 39,754 38,910
Greenville County R+23.8 R+24.8 R+1.0 190,657 215,165
Charleston County D+8.3 D+7.8 R+0.5 154,434 176,345
Lexington County R+38.0 R+36.6 D+1.4 109,512 122,093
Allendale County D+51.8 D+54.1 D+2.3 4,024 3,592
Richland County D+28.9 D+32.9 D+4.0 165,037 168,722

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