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Elections / 2020 · Dem primary · SC

Biden led South Carolina's 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

County-level returns aggregated statewide; Biden led by 28.9 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.

Statewide result
South Carolina 2020 Democratic presidential primary — county returns aggregated statewide.
CandidateVotesShare
Biden262,33648.6%
Sanders106,60519.8%
Steyer61,14011.3%
Buttigieg44,2178.2%
Warren38,1207.1%
Klobuchar16,9003.1%
Gabbard6,8131.3%
Other2,0630.4%
Yang1,0690.2%
By county (46)
Each row links to the county's full place page.
CountyLed byMarginVotes
Richland CountyBiden+36.367,490
Charleston CountyBiden+25.163,967
Greenville CountyBiden+13.454,264
Horry CountyBiden+21.430,410
York CountyBiden+18.926,504
Beaufort CountyBiden+30.624,611
Lexington CountyBiden+16.324,380
Spartanburg CountyBiden+17.423,581
Berkeley CountyBiden+27.721,579
Dorchester CountyBiden+25.816,110
Aiken CountyBiden+23.815,107
Florence CountyBiden+41.014,758
Anderson CountyBiden+18.313,321
Orangeburg CountyBiden+56.913,010
Sumter CountyBiden+52.312,804
Georgetown CountyBiden+35.98,943
Lancaster CountyBiden+31.48,430
Pickens CountyBiden+4.87,704
Darlington CountyBiden+45.16,930
Kershaw CountyBiden+38.66,470
Oconee CountyBiden+13.65,800
Greenwood CountyBiden+28.45,641
Williamsburg CountyBiden+56.65,254
Laurens CountyBiden+29.14,849
Marion CountyBiden+51.64,090
Colleton CountyBiden+40.84,013
Clarendon CountyBiden+56.23,957
Fairfield CountyBiden+41.03,854
Jasper CountyBiden+35.93,401
Newberry CountyBiden+40.53,225
Chester CountyBiden+43.93,188
Cherokee CountyBiden+35.93,173
Chesterfield CountyBiden+45.22,850
Lee CountyBiden+55.52,724
Marlboro CountyBiden+41.32,417
Edgefield CountyBiden+38.22,375
Dillon CountyBiden+48.52,317
Union CountyBiden+38.22,263
Hampton CountyBiden+27.32,104
Abbeville CountyBiden+41.71,958
Bamberg CountyBiden+38.11,870
Calhoun CountyBiden+43.71,864
Barnwell CountyBiden+42.41,792
McCormick CountyBiden+23.01,515
Saluda CountyBiden+35.91,448
Allendale CountyBiden+32.9948