South Carolina · 2016 presidential election
South Carolina presidential election results 2016
Donald J. Trump carried South Carolina by 14.27 points (300,016 votes), winning 9 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 9
- Votes counted
- 2,103,027
- SC result
- R+14.3
- Compared with the nation
- 16.3 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2012
- 3.8 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump | Republican | 1,155,389 | 54.90% | 9 | |
| Hillary Clinton | Democratic | 855,373 | 40.70% | — | |
| Gary Johnson | Libertarian | 49,204 | 2.30% | — | |
| Total votes | 2,103,027 | ||||
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | Hillary Clinton | Donald J. Trump | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeville | 3,741 | 6,763 | 271 | 10,775 | 28.0 |
| Aiken | 25,455 | 46,025 | 3,371 | 74,851 | 27.5 |
| Allendale | 2,735 | 789 | 68 | 3,592 | 54.2 |
| Anderson | 21,097 | 56,232 | 3,154 | 80,483 | 43.7 |
| Bamberg | 3,898 | 2,204 | 112 | 6,214 | 27.3 |
| Barnwell | 4,400 | 4,889 | 196 | 9,485 | 5.2 |
| Beaufort | 32,138 | 42,922 | 3,464 | 78,524 | 13.7 |
| Berkeley | 30,705 | 44,587 | 4,225 | 79,517 | 17.5 |
| Calhoun | 3,573 | 3,787 | 189 | 7,549 | 2.8 |
| Charleston | 89,299 | 75,443 | 11,603 | 176,345 | 7.9 |
| Cherokee | 6,092 | 15,167 | 500 | 21,759 | 41.7 |
| Chester | 6,579 | 7,265 | 348 | 14,192 | 4.8 |
| Chesterfield | 6,858 | 9,312 | 411 | 16,581 | 14.8 |
| Clarendon | 7,732 | 7,386 | 277 | 15,395 | 2.2 |
| Colleton | 7,627 | 9,091 | 533 | 17,251 | 8.5 |
| Darlington | 13,888 | 14,989 | 797 | 29,674 | 3.7 |
| Dillon | 5,834 | 5,637 | 227 | 11,698 | 1.7 |
| Dorchester | 24,055 | 34,987 | 3,525 | 62,567 | 17.5 |
| Edgefield | 4,491 | 6,842 | 311 | 11,644 | 20.2 |
| Fairfield | 6,945 | 4,027 | 295 | 11,267 | 25.9 |
| Florence | 26,710 | 29,573 | 1,648 | 57,931 | 4.9 |
| Georgetown | 13,310 | 17,389 | 958 | 31,657 | 12.9 |
| Greenville | 74,483 | 127,832 | 12,850 | 215,165 | 24.8 |
| Greenwood | 10,711 | 16,961 | 1,091 | 28,763 | 21.7 |
| Hampton | 5,170 | 3,488 | 148 | 8,806 | 19.1 |
| Horry | 39,410 | 89,288 | 4,222 | 132,920 | 37.5 |
| Jasper | 5,956 | 5,187 | 284 | 11,427 | 6.7 |
| Kershaw | 10,330 | 17,542 | 1,123 | 28,995 | 24.9 |
| Lancaster | 13,812 | 23,719 | 1,407 | 38,938 | 25.4 |
| Laurens | 8,889 | 16,816 | 861 | 26,566 | 29.8 |
| Lee | 5,199 | 2,803 | 154 | 8,156 | 29.4 |
| Lexington | 35,230 | 80,026 | 6,837 | 122,093 | 36.7 |
| Marion | 8,569 | 5,444 | 263 | 14,276 | 21.9 |
| Marlboro | 5,954 | 4,267 | 168 | 10,389 | 16.2 |
| McCormick | 2,479 | 2,652 | 85 | 5,216 | 3.3 |
| Newberry | 6,217 | 10,017 | 573 | 16,807 | 22.6 |
| Oconee | 7,998 | 24,178 | 1,459 | 33,635 | 48.1 |
| Orangeburg | 26,318 | 11,931 | 661 | 38,910 | 37.0 |
| Pickens | 10,354 | 36,236 | 2,459 | 49,049 | 52.8 |
| Richland | 108,000 | 52,469 | 8,253 | 168,722 | 32.9 |
| Saluda | 2,813 | 5,526 | 225 | 8,564 | 31.7 |
| Spartanburg | 39,997 | 76,277 | 4,816 | 121,090 | 30.0 |
| Sumter | 24,047 | 18,745 | 1,294 | 44,086 | 12.0 |
| Union | 4,729 | 7,061 | 302 | 12,092 | 19.3 |
| Williamsburg | 9,953 | 4,864 | 237 | 15,054 | 33.8 |
| York | 41,593 | 66,754 | 6,010 | 114,357 | 22.0 |
Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.
Notes on how this document was read
- Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
Certified state documentCertified
Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).
All 7 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J Trump / Michael R Pence (REP) | REP | 1,155,389 | 54.94% |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton / Timothy Michael Kaine (DEM) | DEM | 855,373 | 40.67% |
| Gary Johnson / Bill Weld (LIB) | LIB | 49,204 | 2.34% |
| Evan McMullin / Nathan Johnson (IND) | IND | 21,016 | 1.00% |
| Jill Stein / Ajamu Baraka (GRN) | GRN | 13,034 | 0.62% |
| Darrell Castle / Scott Bradley (CON) | CON | 5,765 | 0.27% |
| Peter Skewes / Michael Lacy (AMR) | AMR | 3,246 | 0.15% |
Notes on how this document was read
- Ticket names wrap onto a second line ending with the party code; the lines are joined. The unlabeled number under the candidates (2,103,027) is the contest total.
Method: text layer: words grouped by baseline (pdfplumber), numeric tokens taken as the row's values under the spec's column labels; each row's digits matched against PyMuPDF's words (second extraction)
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Questions and answers
Who won South Carolina in 2016?
Donald J. Trump won South Carolina by 14.27 percentage points (300,016 votes).
How many electoral votes did South Carolina have in 2016?
South Carolina cast 9 electoral votes in 2016.
How many people voted for president in South Carolina in 2016?
2,103,027 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in South Carolina in 2016?
Donald J. Trump 31, Hillary Clinton 15 (out of 46 counties with results).
How did South Carolina change from 2012 to 2016?
The margin moved 3.8 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 10.5 points to Republican by 14.3 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data