Franklin D. Roosevelt carried South Carolina D+83.2. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in South Carolina, 1944. The state ran 75.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).
Elections › 1944 › President › South Carolina Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)
akashic South Carolina result
103,382 votes counted
akashic 1944 presidential election
South Carolina, 1944
Roosevelt D+83.2
1944 presidential margin by county for South Carolina — 1944 presidential election A map of the constituent counties of South Carolina — 1944 presidential election, each outlined and filled by its 1944 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+94.0 Aiken County, SC · D+89.0 Allendale County, SC · D+93.3 Anderson County, SC · D+87.2 Bamberg County, SC · D+60.6 Barnwell County, SC · D+97.9 Beaufort County, SC · D+61.0 Berkeley County, SC · D+68.3 Calhoun County, SC · D+87.6 Charleston County, SC · D+59.2 Cherokee County, SC · D+90.2 Chester County, SC · D+83.2 Chesterfield County, SC · D+98.3 Clarendon County, SC · D+79.6 Colleton County, SC · D+80.5 Darlington County, SC · D+89.1 Dillon County, SC · D+83.4 Dorchester County, SC · D+66.6 Edgefield County, SC · D+91.8 Fairfield County, SC · D+90.0 Florence County, SC · D+83.9 Georgetown County, SC · D+81.3 Greenville County, SC · D+79.0 Greenwood County, SC · D+86.0 Hampton County, SC · D+67.3 Horry County, SC · D+83.1 Jasper County, SC · D+46.7 Kershaw County, SC · D+93.9 Lancaster County, SC · D+93.5 Laurens County, SC · D+91.6 Lee County, SC · D+81.6 Lexington County, SC · D+92.7 Marion County, SC · D+91.9 Marlboro County, SC · D+85.8 McCormick County, SC · D+86.4 Newberry County, SC · D+79.8 Oconee County, SC · D+80.8 Orangeburg County, SC · D+87.4 Pickens County, SC · D+58.8 Richland County, SC · D+91.1 Saluda County, SC · D+84.3 Spartanburg County, SC · D+88.0 Sumter County, SC · D+84.9 Union County, SC · D+95.4 Williamsburg County, SC · D+84.5 York County, SC · D+89.9 How it voted
Share of the 1944 vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓ Democratic 87.6% 90,601 Other All other candidates 7.9% 8,164 Thomas E. Dewey Republican 4.5% 4,617
46 counties, each filled by 1944 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
akashic South Carolina's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1944 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 — 1944
46 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
akashic County Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Abbeville County D 789 19 819 Aiken County D 2,403 60 2,633 Allendale County D 678 8 718 Anderson County D 2,687 89 2,978 Bamberg County D 737 106 1,041 Barnwell County D 1,482 8 1,506 Beaufort County D 594 108 797 Berkeley County D 521 32 716 Calhoun County D 602 1 686 Charleston County D 6,260 1,184 8,581 Cherokee County D 1,620 68 1,721 Chester County D 1,441 89 1,625 Chesterfield County D 3,222 15 3,262 Clarendon County D 1,053 27 1,289 Colleton County D 1,653 45 1,997 Darlington County D 1,808 46 1,978 Dillon County D 864 27 1,004 Dorchester County D 1,181 65 1,676 Edgefield County D 654 3 709 Fairfield County D 798 21 863 Florence County D 2,822 128 3,212 Georgetown County D 1,197 52 1,408 Greenville County D 7,107 711 8,094 Greenwood County D 2,381 71 2,686 Hampton County D 575 3 850 Horry County D 2,403 137 2,728 Jasper County D 230 18 454 Kershaw County D 1,872 21 1,971 Lancaster County D 2,383 13 2,536 Laurens County D 1,924 38 2,060 Lee County D 764 50 875 Lexington County D 1,986 20 2,120 Marion County D 858 9 924 Marlboro County D 874 34 979 McCormick County D 307 1 354 Newberry County D 1,940 70 2,343 Oconee County D 1,316 106 1,498 Orangeburg County D 2,440 87 2,693 Pickens County D 1,662 211 2,468 Richland County D 6,590 140 7,077 Saluda County D 924 14 1,080 Spartanburg County D 8,092 402 8,738 Sumter County D 2,111 73 2,401 Union County D 3,041 33 3,152 Williamsburg County D 1,118 27 1,291 York County D 2,637 127 2,791
South Carolina’s full place page · 1944 national results 