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South Carolina 2012 vs 2016: county swing

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

Allendale County: swing R+5.0Bamberg County: swing R+8.1Clarendon County: swing R+10.2Fairfield County: swing R+5.9Hampton County: swing R+8.3Jasper County: swing R+9.1Orangeburg County: swing R+6.6Saluda County: swing R+10.6Darlington County: swing R+7.1Dorchester County: swing R+1.5Edgefield County: swing R+6.9Kershaw County: swing R+6.8Lee County: swing R+6.0McCormick County: swing R+6.9Newberry County: swing R+8.3Oconee County: swing R+5.5Richland County: swing D+1.0Spartanburg County: swing R+6.8Sumter County: swing R+5.6Williamsburg County: swing R+6.1Abbeville County: swing R+14.7Aiken County: swing R+0.9Anderson County: swing R+7.2Calhoun County: swing R+7.2Chester County: swing R+15.4Chesterfield County: swing R+11.6Cherokee County: swing R+12.4Dillon County: swing R+14.4Greenville County: swing D+3.0Greenwood County: swing R+6.6Horry County: swing R+8.0Laurens County: swing R+12.4Marlboro County: swing R+8.4Union County: swing R+13.0Colleton County: swing R+8.7Florence County: swing R+4.3Georgetown County: swing R+5.2Barnwell County: swing R+10.4Beaufort County: swing D+3.7Charleston County: swing D+5.4Lancaster County: swing R+7.6York County: swing R+1.6Lexington County: swing D+1.2Marion County: swing R+8.2Pickens County: swing R+3.8Berkeley County: swing R+3.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Chester County flipped D+10.6 R+4.8 R+15.4 14,407 14,192
Abbeville County R+13.4 R+28.1 R+14.7 10,671 10,775
Dillon County D+16.1 D+1.7 R+14.4 13,035 11,698
Union County R+6.3 R+19.3 R+13.0 12,541 12,092
Cherokee County R+29.3 R+41.7 R+12.4 20,773 21,759
Laurens County R+17.4 R+29.8 R+12.4 25,416 26,566
Chesterfield County R+3.2 R+14.8 R+11.6 16,594 16,581
Saluda County R+21.1 R+31.7 R+10.6 8,564 8,564
Barnwell County flipped D+5.3 R+5.1 R+10.4 9,923 9,485
Clarendon County D+12.4 D+2.2 R+10.2 16,292 15,395
Jasper County D+15.8 D+6.7 R+9.1 10,021 11,427
Colleton County flipped D+0.2 R+8.5 R+8.7 17,086 17,251
Marlboro County D+24.6 D+16.2 R+8.4 9,853 10,389
Hampton County D+27.4 D+19.1 R+8.3 9,206 8,806
Newberry County R+14.3 R+22.6 R+8.3 16,351 16,807
Marion County D+30.1 D+21.9 R+8.2 14,986 14,276
Bamberg County D+35.3 D+27.2 R+8.1 6,882 6,214
Horry County R+29.6 R+37.6 R+8.0 112,393 132,920
Lancaster County R+17.8 R+25.4 R+7.6 33,144 38,938
Anderson County R+36.5 R+43.7 R+7.2 72,212 80,483
Calhoun County flipped D+4.3 R+2.9 R+7.2 7,834 7,549
Darlington County flipped D+3.4 R+3.7 R+7.1 30,150 29,674
Edgefield County R+13.3 R+20.2 R+6.9 11,586 11,644
McCormick County flipped D+3.6 R+3.3 R+6.9 5,160 5,216
Kershaw County R+18.1 R+24.9 R+6.8 27,946 28,995
Spartanburg County R+23.2 R+30.0 R+6.8 109,906 121,090
Greenwood County R+15.2 R+21.8 R+6.6 28,672 28,763
Orangeburg County D+43.5 D+36.9 R+6.6 43,041 38,910
Williamsburg County D+39.9 D+33.8 R+6.1 16,304 15,054
Lee County D+35.3 D+29.3 R+6.0 8,907 8,156
Fairfield County D+31.8 D+25.9 R+5.9 11,895 11,267
Sumter County D+17.6 D+12.0 R+5.6 47,309 44,086
Oconee County R+42.6 R+48.1 R+5.5 30,666 33,635
Georgetown County R+7.7 R+12.9 R+5.2 30,965 31,657
Allendale County D+59.1 D+54.1 R+5.0 4,163 3,592
Florence County R+0.6 R+4.9 R+4.3 58,122 57,931
Pickens County R+49.0 R+52.8 R+3.8 45,549 49,049
Berkeley County R+14.5 R+17.5 R+3.0 68,195 79,517
York County R+20.4 R+22.0 R+1.6 100,210 114,357
Dorchester County R+16.0 R+17.5 R+1.5 56,855 62,567
Aiken County R+26.6 R+27.5 R+0.9 70,363 74,851
Richland County D+31.9 D+32.9 D+1.0 159,154 168,722
Lexington County R+37.8 R+36.6 D+1.2 112,623 122,093
Greenville County R+27.8 R+24.8 D+3.0 193,189 215,165
Beaufort County R+17.5 R+13.8 D+3.7 73,297 78,524
Charleston County D+2.4 D+7.8 D+5.4 161,707 176,345

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