Strom Thurmond carried South Carolina. Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in South Carolina, 1948. Strom Thurmond won the state as a third-party candidate; the D+20.4 margin shown in the table is the Democratic-vs-Republican measure used across Akashic. The state ran 15.9 points more Democratic than the nation (D+4.5 nationally).
Elections › 1948 › President › South Carolina Nominees: Harry S. Truman (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R) · Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)
akashic South Carolina result
142,571 votes counted
Thurmond + others
102,762
72.1%
akashic 1948 presidential election
South Carolina, 1948
Truman D+20.4
1948 presidential margin by county for South Carolina — 1948 presidential election A map of the constituent counties of South Carolina — 1948 presidential election, each outlined and filled by its 1948 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+21.7 Aiken County, SC · D+8.6 Allendale County, SC · D+3.7 Anderson County, SC · D+61.5 Bamberg County, SC · D+4.8 Barnwell County, SC · D+4.2 Beaufort County, SC · D+8.2 Berkeley County, SC · D+13.8 Calhoun County, SC · D+3.6 Charleston County, SC · D+15.1 Cherokee County, SC · D+30.0 Chester County, SC · D+19.3 Chesterfield County, SC · D+35.3 Clarendon County, SC · D+5.7 Colleton County, SC · D+7.1 Darlington County, SC · D+22.5 Dillon County, SC · D+43.6 Dorchester County, SC · D+2.0 Edgefield County, SC · D+1.1 Fairfield County, SC · D+11.0 Florence County, SC · D+19.5 Georgetown County, SC · D+13.8 Greenville County, SC · D+20.6 Greenwood County, SC · D+12.5 Hampton County, SC · D+4.4 Horry County, SC · D+9.8 Jasper County, SC · D+12.4 Kershaw County, SC · D+12.9 Lancaster County, SC · D+32.6 Laurens County, SC · D+16.9 Lee County, SC · D+8.0 Lexington County, SC · D+17.8 Marion County, SC · D+18.7 Marlboro County, SC · D+21.2 McCormick County, SC · D+4.0 Newberry County, SC · D+9.6 Oconee County, SC · D+27.1 Orangeburg County, SC · D+7.2 Pickens County, SC · D+13.9 Richland County, SC · D+19.0 Saluda County, SC · D+9.0 Spartanburg County, SC · D+50.8 Sumter County, SC · D+13.0 Union County, SC · D+36.2 Williamsburg County, SC · D+5.2 York County, SC · D+35.0 How it voted
Share of the 1948 vote
Strom Thurmond ✓ States' Rights 72.1% 102,762 Harry S. Truman Democratic 24.1% 34,423 Thomas E. Dewey Republican 3.8% 5,386
46 counties, each filled by 1948 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
akashic South Carolina's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1948 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 — 1948
46 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
akashic County Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Abbeville County O 254 23 1,064 Aiken County O 572 115 5,299 Allendale County O 55 14 1,110 Anderson County D 2,581 105 4,028 Bamberg County O 124 34 1,873 Barnwell County O 115 28 2,064 Beaufort County O 253 150 1,257 Berkeley County O 323 58 1,919 Calhoun County O 36 4 881 Charleston County O 2,660 562 13,893 Cherokee County O 605 77 1,758 Chester County O 436 48 2,012 Chesterfield County O 912 31 2,498 Clarendon County O 107 16 1,590 Colleton County O 223 39 2,599 Darlington County O 726 104 2,760 Dillon County O 808 24 1,800 Dorchester County O 143 85 2,950 Edgefield County O 27 6 1,830 Fairfield County O 211 63 1,349 Florence County O 1,189 192 5,110 Georgetown County O 432 92 2,470 Greenville County O 2,745 789 9,474 Greenwood County O 440 63 3,014 Hampton County O 81 10 1,622 Horry County O 503 113 3,961 Jasper County O 141 31 887 Kershaw County O 302 49 1,966 Lancaster County O 855 30 2,534 Laurens County O 513 69 2,629 Lee County O 142 36 1,333 Lexington County O 566 58 2,861 Marion County O 301 14 1,534 Marlboro County O 354 41 1,479 McCormick County O 30 0 743 Newberry County O 349 47 3,161 Oconee County O 666 135 1,957 Orangeburg County O 435 164 3,763 Pickens County O 435 165 1,944 Richland County O 2,419 670 9,193 Saluda County O 187 15 1,914 Spartanburg County D 6,741 627 12,041 Sumter County O 605 154 3,477 Union County O 1,283 46 3,419 Williamsburg County O 126 23 1,989 York County O 1,412 167 3,562
South Carolina’s full place page · 1948 national results 