South Carolina · 2020 presidential election
South Carolina presidential election results 2020
Donald J. Trump carried South Carolina by 11.68 points (293,562 votes), winning 9 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 9
- Votes counted
- 2,513,329
- SC result
- R+11.7
- Compared with the nation
- 16.1 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2016
- 2.6 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump | Republican | 1,385,103 | 55.11% | 9 | |
| Joseph R. Biden | Democratic | 1,091,541 | 43.43% | — | |
| Others | Others | 36,685 | 1.46% | — | |
| Total votes | 2,513,329 | ||||
Sources: sc-2020.pdf · 2020
County resultsMedia count
Download CSV| County | Joseph R. Biden | Donald J. Trump | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbeville County | 4,101 | 8,215 | 117 | 12,433 | 33.1 |
| Aiken County | 32,275 | 51,589 | 1,321 | 85,185 | 22.7 |
| Allendale County | 2,718 | 835 | 40 | 3,593 | 52.4 |
| Anderson County | 27,169 | 67,565 | 1,359 | 96,093 | 42.0 |
| Bamberg County | 4,010 | 2,417 | 55 | 6,482 | 24.6 |
| Barnwell County | 4,720 | 5,492 | 109 | 10,321 | 7.5 |
| Beaufort County | 43,419 | 53,194 | 1,222 | 97,835 | 10.0 |
| Berkeley County | 45,223 | 57,397 | 1,838 | 104,458 | 11.7 |
| Calhoun County | 3,905 | 4,305 | 81 | 8,291 | 4.8 |
| Charleston County | 121,485 | 93,297 | 4,075 | 218,857 | 12.9 |
| Cherokee County | 6,983 | 18,043 | 244 | 25,270 | 43.8 |
| Chester County | 6,941 | 8,660 | 156 | 15,757 | 10.9 |
| Chesterfield County | 7,431 | 11,297 | 148 | 18,876 | 20.5 |
| Clarendon County | 8,250 | 8,361 | 122 | 16,733 | 0.7 |
| Colleton County | 8,602 | 10,440 | 241 | 19,283 | 9.5 |
| Darlington County | 15,220 | 16,832 | 365 | 32,417 | 5.0 |
| Dillon County | 6,436 | 6,582 | 83 | 13,101 | 1.1 |
| Dorchester County | 33,824 | 41,913 | 1,541 | 77,278 | 10.5 |
| Edgefield County | 4,953 | 8,184 | 167 | 13,304 | 24.3 |
| Fairfield County | 7,382 | 4,625 | 129 | 12,136 | 22.7 |
| Florence County | 31,153 | 32,615 | 742 | 64,510 | 2.3 |
| Georgetown County | 15,822 | 20,487 | 359 | 36,668 | 12.7 |
| Greenville County | 103,030 | 150,021 | 5,104 | 258,155 | 18.2 |
| Greenwood County | 12,145 | 19,431 | 430 | 32,006 | 22.8 |
| Hampton County | 5,323 | 3,906 | 76 | 9,305 | 15.2 |
| Horry County | 59,180 | 118,821 | 1,743 | 179,744 | 33.2 |
| Jasper County | 7,185 | 7,078 | 131 | 14,394 | 0.7 |
| Kershaw County | 12,699 | 20,471 | 459 | 33,629 | 23.1 |
| Lancaster County | 18,937 | 30,312 | 619 | 49,868 | 22.8 |
| Laurens County | 10,159 | 20,004 | 325 | 30,488 | 32.3 |
| Lee County | 5,329 | 3,008 | 94 | 8,431 | 27.5 |
| Lexington County | 49,301 | 92,817 | 2,450 | 144,568 | 30.1 |
| Marion County | 8,872 | 5,711 | 121 | 14,704 | 21.5 |
| Marlboro County | 6,290 | 5,044 | 112 | 11,446 | 10.9 |
| McCormick County | 2,687 | 2,958 | 52 | 5,697 | 4.8 |
| Newberry County | 6,958 | 11,443 | 230 | 18,631 | 24.1 |
| Oconee County | 10,414 | 29,698 | 556 | 40,668 | 47.4 |
| Orangeburg County | 27,295 | 13,603 | 307 | 41,205 | 33.2 |
| Pickens County | 13,645 | 42,907 | 994 | 57,546 | 50.8 |
| Richland County | 132,570 | 58,313 | 2,939 | 193,822 | 38.3 |
| Saluda County | 2,963 | 6,210 | 101 | 9,274 | 35.0 |
| Spartanburg County | 52,926 | 93,560 | 2,169 | 148,655 | 27.3 |
| Sumter County | 27,379 | 21,000 | 541 | 48,920 | 13.0 |
| Union County | 4,935 | 8,183 | 139 | 13,257 | 24.5 |
| Williamsburg County | 10,289 | 5,532 | 164 | 15,985 | 29.8 |
| York County | 59,008 | 82,727 | 2,315 | 144,050 | 16.5 |
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: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document.
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 5 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J Trump | Michael R Pence REP | REP | 1,385,103 | 55.11% |
| Joseph R Biden | Kamala D Harris DEM | DEM | 1,091,541 | 43.43% |
| LIB Jo Jorgensen | Jeremy Spike Cohen LIB | LIB | 27,916 | 1.11% |
| GRN Howie Hawkins | Angela Walker GRN | GRN | 6,907 | 0.27% |
| ALN Roque Rocky De La Fuente | Darcy G Richardson ALN | ALN | 1,862 | 0.07% |
| Total as printed | 2,513,329 | ||
Notes on how this document was read
- 1 figure could not be confirmed by two independent readings; where no reading was confirmed the cell is left blank rather than guessed.
Method: page image read by Apple Vision (lines), Tesseract (words) and RapidOCR (lines); a number is kept when two engines read the same digits in the same place
Certificate of Ascertainment
The governor’s certificate naming South Carolina’s electors was signed on the 2nd DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020. Open the certificate (PDF, 2 pages)
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Questions and answers
Who won South Carolina in 2020?
Donald J. Trump won South Carolina by 11.68 percentage points (293,562 votes).
How many electoral votes did South Carolina have in 2020?
South Carolina cast 9 electoral votes in 2020.
How many people voted for president in South Carolina in 2020?
2,513,329 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in South Carolina in 2020?
Donald J. Trump 33, Joseph R. Biden 13 (out of 46 counties with results).
How did South Carolina change from 2016 to 2020?
The margin moved 2.6 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 14.3 points to Republican by 11.7 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data