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South Carolina 2012 vs 2020: county swing

37 of 46 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 8 changed hands.

Allendale County: swing R+6.7Bamberg County: swing R+10.7Clarendon County: swing R+13.1Fairfield County: swing R+9.1Hampton County: swing R+12.2Jasper County: swing R+15.1Orangeburg County: swing R+10.3Saluda County: swing R+14.0Darlington County: swing R+8.3Dorchester County: swing D+5.6Edgefield County: swing R+11.0Kershaw County: swing R+5.0Lee County: swing R+7.8McCormick County: swing R+8.3Newberry County: swing R+9.8Oconee County: swing R+4.8Richland County: swing D+6.4Spartanburg County: swing R+4.1Sumter County: swing R+4.5Williamsburg County: swing R+10.1Abbeville County: swing R+19.7Aiken County: swing D+3.9Anderson County: swing R+5.5Calhoun County: swing R+9.1Chester County: swing R+21.5Chesterfield County: swing R+17.2Cherokee County: swing R+14.5Dillon County: swing R+17.2Greenville County: swing D+9.6Greenwood County: swing R+7.6Horry County: swing R+3.6Laurens County: swing R+14.9Marlboro County: swing R+13.7Union County: swing R+18.2Colleton County: swing R+9.7Florence County: swing R+1.7Georgetown County: swing R+5.1Barnwell County: swing R+12.8Beaufort County: swing D+7.5Charleston County: swing D+10.5Lancaster County: swing R+5.0York County: swing D+4.0Lexington County: swing D+7.7Marion County: swing R+8.6Pickens County: swing R+1.9Berkeley County: swing D+2.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122020SwingVotes 2012Votes 2020
Chester County flipped D+10.6 R+10.9 R+21.5 14,407 15,757
Abbeville County R+13.4 R+33.1 R+19.7 10,671 12,433
Union County R+6.3 R+24.5 R+18.2 12,541 13,257
Chesterfield County R+3.2 R+20.4 R+17.2 16,594 18,876
Dillon County flipped D+16.1 R+1.1 R+17.2 13,035 13,101
Jasper County D+15.8 D+0.7 R+15.1 10,021 14,394
Laurens County R+17.4 R+32.3 R+14.9 25,416 30,488
Cherokee County R+29.3 R+43.8 R+14.5 20,773 25,270
Saluda County R+21.1 R+35.1 R+14.0 8,564 9,274
Marlboro County D+24.6 D+10.9 R+13.7 9,853 11,446
Clarendon County flipped D+12.4 R+0.7 R+13.1 16,292 16,733
Barnwell County flipped D+5.3 R+7.5 R+12.8 9,923 10,321
Hampton County D+27.4 D+15.2 R+12.2 9,206 9,305
Edgefield County R+13.3 R+24.3 R+11.0 11,586 13,304
Bamberg County D+35.3 D+24.6 R+10.7 6,882 6,482
Orangeburg County D+43.5 D+33.2 R+10.3 43,041 41,205
Williamsburg County D+39.9 D+29.8 R+10.1 16,304 15,985
Newberry County R+14.3 R+24.1 R+9.8 16,351 18,631
Colleton County flipped D+0.2 R+9.5 R+9.7 17,086 19,283
Calhoun County flipped D+4.3 R+4.8 R+9.1 7,834 8,291
Fairfield County D+31.8 D+22.7 R+9.1 11,895 12,136
Marion County D+30.1 D+21.5 R+8.6 14,986 14,704
Darlington County flipped D+3.4 R+4.9 R+8.3 30,150 32,417
McCormick County flipped D+3.6 R+4.7 R+8.3 5,160 5,697
Lee County D+35.3 D+27.5 R+7.8 8,907 8,431
Greenwood County R+15.2 R+22.8 R+7.6 28,672 32,006
Allendale County D+59.1 D+52.4 R+6.7 4,163 3,593
Anderson County R+36.5 R+42.0 R+5.5 72,212 96,093
Georgetown County R+7.7 R+12.8 R+5.1 30,965 36,668
Kershaw County R+18.1 R+23.1 R+5.0 27,946 33,629
Lancaster County R+17.8 R+22.8 R+5.0 33,144 49,868
Oconee County R+42.6 R+47.4 R+4.8 30,666 40,668
Sumter County D+17.6 D+13.1 R+4.5 47,309 48,920
Spartanburg County R+23.2 R+27.3 R+4.1 109,906 148,655
Horry County R+29.6 R+33.2 R+3.6 112,393 179,744
Pickens County R+49.0 R+50.9 R+1.9 45,549 57,546
Florence County R+0.6 R+2.3 R+1.7 58,122 64,510
Berkeley County R+14.5 R+11.6 D+2.9 68,195 104,458
Aiken County R+26.6 R+22.7 D+3.9 70,363 85,185
York County R+20.4 R+16.4 D+4.0 100,210 144,050
Dorchester County R+16.0 R+10.4 D+5.6 56,855 77,278
Richland County D+31.9 D+38.3 D+6.4 159,154 193,822
Beaufort County R+17.5 R+10.0 D+7.5 73,297 97,835
Lexington County R+37.8 R+30.1 D+7.7 112,623 144,568
Greenville County R+27.8 R+18.2 D+9.6 193,189 258,155
Charleston County D+2.4 D+12.9 D+10.5 161,707 218,857

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