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South Carolina 2016 vs 2020: county swing

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

Allendale County: swing R+1.7Bamberg County: swing R+2.6Clarendon County: swing R+2.9Fairfield County: swing R+3.2Hampton County: swing R+3.9Jasper County: swing R+6.0Orangeburg County: swing R+3.7Saluda County: swing R+3.4Darlington County: swing R+1.2Dorchester County: swing D+7.1Edgefield County: swing R+4.1Kershaw County: swing D+1.8Lee County: swing R+1.8McCormick County: swing R+1.4Newberry County: swing R+1.5Oconee County: swing D+0.7Richland County: swing D+5.4Spartanburg County: swing D+2.7Sumter County: swing D+1.1Williamsburg County: swing R+4.0Abbeville County: swing R+5.0Aiken County: swing D+4.8Anderson County: swing D+1.7Calhoun County: swing R+1.9Chester County: swing R+6.1Chesterfield County: swing R+5.6Cherokee County: swing R+2.1Dillon County: swing R+2.8Greenville County: swing D+6.6Greenwood County: swing R+1.0Horry County: swing D+4.4Laurens County: swing R+2.5Marlboro County: swing R+5.3Union County: swing R+5.2Colleton County: swing R+1.0Florence County: swing D+2.6Georgetown County: swing D+0.1Barnwell County: swing R+2.4Beaufort County: swing D+3.8Charleston County: swing D+5.1Lancaster County: swing D+2.6York County: swing D+5.6Lexington County: swing D+6.5Marion County: swing R+0.4Pickens County: swing D+1.9Berkeley County: swing D+5.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20162020SwingVotes 2016Votes 2020
Chester County R+4.8 R+10.9 R+6.1 14,192 15,757
Jasper County D+6.7 D+0.7 R+6.0 11,427 14,394
Chesterfield County R+14.8 R+20.4 R+5.6 16,581 18,876
Marlboro County D+16.2 D+10.9 R+5.3 10,389 11,446
Union County R+19.3 R+24.5 R+5.2 12,092 13,257
Abbeville County R+28.1 R+33.1 R+5.0 10,775 12,433
Edgefield County R+20.2 R+24.3 R+4.1 11,644 13,304
Williamsburg County D+33.8 D+29.8 R+4.0 15,054 15,985
Hampton County D+19.1 D+15.2 R+3.9 8,806 9,305
Orangeburg County D+36.9 D+33.2 R+3.7 38,910 41,205
Saluda County R+31.7 R+35.1 R+3.4 8,564 9,274
Fairfield County D+25.9 D+22.7 R+3.2 11,267 12,136
Clarendon County flipped D+2.2 R+0.7 R+2.9 15,395 16,733
Dillon County flipped D+1.7 R+1.1 R+2.8 11,698 13,101
Bamberg County D+27.2 D+24.6 R+2.6 6,214 6,482
Laurens County R+29.8 R+32.3 R+2.5 26,566 30,488
Barnwell County R+5.1 R+7.5 R+2.4 9,485 10,321
Cherokee County R+41.7 R+43.8 R+2.1 21,759 25,270
Calhoun County R+2.9 R+4.8 R+1.9 7,549 8,291
Lee County D+29.3 D+27.5 R+1.8 8,156 8,431
Allendale County D+54.1 D+52.4 R+1.7 3,592 3,593
Newberry County R+22.6 R+24.1 R+1.5 16,807 18,631
McCormick County R+3.3 R+4.7 R+1.4 5,216 5,697
Darlington County R+3.7 R+4.9 R+1.2 29,674 32,417
Colleton County R+8.5 R+9.5 R+1.0 17,251 19,283
Greenwood County R+21.8 R+22.8 R+1.0 28,763 32,006
Marion County D+21.9 D+21.5 R+0.4 14,276 14,704
Georgetown County R+12.9 R+12.8 D+0.1 31,657 36,668
Oconee County R+48.1 R+47.4 D+0.7 33,635 40,668
Sumter County D+12.0 D+13.1 D+1.1 44,086 48,920
Anderson County R+43.7 R+42.0 D+1.7 80,483 96,093
Kershaw County R+24.9 R+23.1 D+1.8 28,995 33,629
Pickens County R+52.8 R+50.9 D+1.9 49,049 57,546
Florence County R+4.9 R+2.3 D+2.6 57,931 64,510
Lancaster County R+25.4 R+22.8 D+2.6 38,938 49,868
Spartanburg County R+30.0 R+27.3 D+2.7 121,090 148,655
Beaufort County R+13.8 R+10.0 D+3.8 78,524 97,835
Horry County R+37.6 R+33.2 D+4.4 132,920 179,744
Aiken County R+27.5 R+22.7 D+4.8 74,851 85,185
Charleston County D+7.8 D+12.9 D+5.1 176,345 218,857
Richland County D+32.9 D+38.3 D+5.4 168,722 193,822
York County R+22.0 R+16.4 D+5.6 114,357 144,050
Berkeley County R+17.5 R+11.6 D+5.9 79,517 104,458
Lexington County R+36.6 R+30.1 D+6.5 122,093 144,568
Greenville County R+24.8 R+18.2 D+6.6 215,165 258,155
Dorchester County R+17.5 R+10.4 D+7.1 62,567 77,278

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