William Jennings Bryan carried South Carolina D+86.0. William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in South Carolina, 1900. The state ran 93.2 points more Democratic than the nation (R+7.2 nationally).
Elections › 1900 › President › South Carolina Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William McKinley (R)
akashic South Carolina result
50,792 votes counted
akashic 1900 presidential election
South Carolina, 1900
Bryan D+86.0
1900 presidential margin by county for South Carolina — 1900 presidential election A map of the constituent counties of South Carolina — 1900 presidential election, each outlined and filled by its 1900 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states. Georgia North Carolina Abbeville County, SC · D+98.8 Aiken County, SC · D+93.0 Anderson County, SC · D+92.9 Bamberg County, SC · D+91.3 Barnwell County, SC · D+91.9 Beaufort County, SC · R+0.9 Berkeley County, SC · D+61.6 Charleston County, SC · D+72.9 Cherokee County, SC · D+93.1 Chester County, SC · D+95.3 Chesterfield County, SC · D+91.8 Clarendon County, SC · D+86.3 Colleton County, SC · D+76.0 Darlington County, SC · D+87.4 Dorchester County, SC · D+89.4 Edgefield County, SC · D+96.4 Fairfield County, SC · D+95.1 Florence County, SC · D+89.1 Georgetown County, SC · R+0.6 Greenville County, SC · D+94.8 Greenwood County, SC · D+99.5 Hampton County, SC · D+99.8 Horry County, SC · D+88.8 Kershaw County, SC · D+91.0 Lancaster County, SC · D+89.8 Laurens County, SC · D+96.2 Lexington County, SC · D+95.5 Marion County, SC · D+83.2 Marlboro County, SC · D+90.7 Newberry County, SC · D+94.3 Oconee County, SC · D+85.4 Orangeburg County, SC · D+87.3 Pickens County, SC · D+87.9 Richland County, SC · D+75.5 Saluda County, SC · D+98.9 Spartanburg County, SC · D+92.1 Sumter County, SC · D+77.8 Union County, SC · D+85.7 Williamsburg County, SC · D+59.1 York County, SC · D+94.0 How it voted
Share of the 1900 vote
William J. Bryan ✓ Democratic 93.0% 47,233 William McKinley Republican 7.0% 3,559 Other All other candidates 0.0% 0
40 counties, each filled by 1900 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
akashic South Carolina's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1900 contest in context
South Carolina's presidential margins Democratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −17.9% in 2024. flipped R · 1980 −17.9% D R 1892 2024 South Carolina's presidential margins Year Margin (D minus R) 1892 +58.6% 1896 +71.8% 1900 +86.0% 1904 +90.8% 1908 +87.8% 1912 +95.9% 1916 +94.3% 1920 +92.1% 1924 +94.3% 1928 +82.9% 1932 +98.0% 1936 +98.6% 1940 +91.3% 1944 +83.2% 1948 +20.4% 1952 +1.4% 1956 +20.2% 1960 +2.5% 1964 −17.8% 1968 −8.5% 1972 −42.7% 1976 +13.1% 1980 −1.5% 1984 −28.0% 1988 −23.9% 1992 −8.1% 1996 −6.0% 2000 −15.9% 2004 −17.1% 2008 −9.0% 2012 −10.5% 2016 −14.3% 2020 −11.7% 2024 −17.9%
akashic County results — 1900
40 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
akashic County Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Abbeville County D 1,366 8 1,374 Aiken County D 1,470 53 1,523 Anderson County D 1,858 68 1,926 Bamberg County D 793 36 829 Barnwell County D 1,356 57 1,413 Beaufort County R 378 385 763 Berkeley County D 472 112 584 Charleston County D 1,729 271 2,000 Cherokee County D 1,084 39 1,123 Chester County D 836 20 856 Chesterfield County D 1,314 56 1,370 Clarendon County D 1,130 83 1,213 Colleton County D 889 121 1,010 Darlington County D 1,230 83 1,313 Dorchester County D 770 43 813 Edgefield County D 919 17 936 Fairfield County D 670 17 687 Florence County D 1,290 74 1,364 Georgetown County R 446 451 897 Greenville County D 1,777 47 1,824 Greenwood County D 1,482 4 1,486 Hampton County D 936 1 937 Horry County D 1,330 79 1,409 Kershaw County D 910 43 953 Lancaster County D 1,300 70 1,370 Laurens County D 1,540 30 1,570 Lexington County D 1,302 30 1,332 Marion County D 1,296 119 1,415 Marlboro County D 714 35 749 Newberry County D 1,367 40 1,407 Oconee County D 873 69 942 Orangeburg County D 2,457 167 2,624 Pickens County D 933 60 993 Richland County D 445 62 507 Saluda County D 1,269 7 1,276 Spartanburg County D 2,467 101 2,568 Sumter County D 1,199 150 1,349 Union County D 1,182 91 1,273 Williamsburg County D 1,256 323 1,579 York County D 1,198 37 1,235
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