Donald Trump carried South Carolina R+14.3.

Hillary Clinton (D) vs Donald Trump (R) in South Carolina, 2016. The state ran 16.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2016 ballot here.

Nominees: Hillary Clinton (D) · Donald Trump (R)

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South Carolina result

2,103,027 votes counted

Clinton (D)

855,373

40.7%

Trump (R)

1,155,389

54.9%

All others

92,265

4.4%

Margin

R+14.3

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2016 presidential election

South Carolina, 2016

TrumpR+14.3

How it voted

Share of the 2016 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	54.9%	1,155,389
Hillary ClintonDemocratic	40.7%	855,373
Gary JohnsonLibertarian	4.4%	92,265

D+60

R+60

46 counties, each filled by 2016 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2016 contest in context

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%

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County results — 2016

46 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Abbeville County	R	−28.0%	3,741	6,763	10,775
Aiken County	R	−27.5%	25,455	46,025	74,851
Allendale County	D	+54.2%	2,735	789	3,592
Anderson County	R	−43.7%	21,097	56,232	80,483
Bamberg County	D	+27.3%	3,898	2,204	6,214
Barnwell County	R	−5.2%	4,400	4,889	9,485
Beaufort County	R	−13.7%	32,138	42,922	78,524
Berkeley County	R	−17.5%	30,705	44,587	79,517
Calhoun County	R	−2.8%	3,573	3,787	7,549
Charleston County	D	+7.9%	89,299	75,443	176,345
Cherokee County	R	−41.7%	6,092	15,167	21,759
Chester County	R	−4.8%	6,579	7,265	14,192
Chesterfield County	R	−14.8%	6,858	9,312	16,581
Clarendon County	D	+2.2%	7,732	7,386	15,395
Colleton County	R	−8.5%	7,627	9,091	17,251
Darlington County	R	−3.7%	13,888	14,989	29,674
Dillon County	D	+1.7%	5,834	5,637	11,698
Dorchester County	R	−17.5%	24,055	34,987	62,567
Edgefield County	R	−20.2%	4,491	6,842	11,644
Fairfield County	D	+25.9%	6,945	4,027	11,267
Florence County	R	−4.9%	26,710	29,573	57,931
Georgetown County	R	−12.9%	13,310	17,389	31,657
Greenville County	R	−24.8%	74,483	127,832	215,165
Greenwood County	R	−21.7%	10,711	16,961	28,763
Hampton County	D	+19.1%	5,170	3,488	8,806
Horry County	R	−37.5%	39,410	89,288	132,920
Jasper County	D	+6.7%	5,956	5,187	11,427
Kershaw County	R	−24.9%	10,330	17,542	28,995
Lancaster County	R	−25.4%	13,812	23,719	38,938
Laurens County	R	−29.8%	8,889	16,816	26,566
Lee County	D	+29.4%	5,199	2,803	8,156
Lexington County	R	−36.7%	35,230	80,026	122,093
Marion County	D	+21.9%	8,569	5,444	14,276
Marlboro County	D	+16.2%	5,954	4,267	10,389
McCormick County	R	−3.3%	2,479	2,652	5,216
Newberry County	R	−22.6%	6,217	10,017	16,807
Oconee County	R	−48.1%	7,998	24,178	33,635
Orangeburg County	D	+37.0%	26,318	11,931	38,910
Pickens County	R	−52.8%	10,354	36,236	49,049
Richland County	D	+32.9%	108,000	52,469	168,722
Saluda County	R	−31.7%	2,813	5,526	8,564
Spartanburg County	R	−30.0%	39,997	76,277	121,090
Sumter County	D	+12.0%	24,047	18,745	44,086
Union County	R	−19.3%	4,729	7,061	12,092
Williamsburg County	D	+33.8%	9,953	4,864	15,054
York County	R	−22.0%	41,593	66,754	114,357