South Carolina 1978 Governor Election

Name: South Carolina 1978 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Richard W. Riley vs. Edward L. Young

Richard W. Riley won the South Carolina 1978 governor election with 384,898 votes (61.4%), a margin of D+23.6.

Statewide Results

61.4%

37.8%

384,898

Richard W. Riley (61.4%)

236,946

Edward L. Young (37.8%)

Total Votes: 627,182|Margin: D+23.6

County Results

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County Results (46 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
MCCORMICK	D+54.3	D+37.5	D+12.5	1,881	R+14.4%
HAMPTON	D+48.4	D+32.0	D+3.8	4,349	D+37.8%
FAIRFIELD	D+46.9	D+32.5	D+13.3	4,732	D+16.7%
OCONEE	D+46.7	D+14.9	R+43.9	8,809	D+19.4%
MARLBORO	D+45.4	D+34.7	D+4.1	5,525	D+26.6%
UNION	D+44.7	D+21.4	R+17.7	7,294	D+27.1%
ANDERSON	D+44.3	D+8.9	R+39.8	22,469	D+22.2%
JASPER	D+42.8	D+34.1	D+9.5	2,865	D+9.9%
GREENWOOD	D+42.8	D+11.8	R+26.3	12,077	R+17.6%
CHESTERFIELD	D+42.7	D+29.2	R+8.5	6,623	D+9.7%
ABBEVILLE	D+42.3	D+25.5	R+10.9	4,879	R+17.8%
EDGEFIELD	D+41.6	D+17.7	D+0.0	4,092	R+0.6%
GREENVILLE	D+41.0	R+17.5	R+46.7	59,707	D+79.0%
LANCASTER	D+38.3	D+12.3	R+28.2	9,949	D+29.6%
ALLENDALE	D+37.6	D+40.0	D+15.9	2,795	D+13.3%
CHEROKEE	D+36.8	D+12.2	R+35.6	7,651	D+22.2%
LAURENS	D+36.2	D+12.9	R+29.3	9,982	D+30.5%
YORK	D+35.2	D+3.4	R+36.5	14,488	D+24.9%
CHESTER	D+34.7	D+24.4	R+11.0	5,580	D+12.5%
PICKENS	D+31.8	R+10.0	R+54.0	12,013	D+47.6%
ORANGEBURG	D+27.6	D+17.5	D+2.8	19,794	D+22.2%
MARION	D+27.1	D+23.4	D+3.5	5,780	D+12.6%
SPARTANBURG	D+26.6	R+4.8	R+34.2	38,940	D+37.6%
GEORGETOWN	D+26.1	D+12.9	R+7.1	9,144	D+13.3%
BARNWELL	D+25.9	D+2.5	R+21.4	4,417	D+9.7%
RICHLAND	D+24.9	R+4.4	R+17.9	60,829	D+31.0%
SUMTER	D+22.1	R+6.7	R+14.8	15,411	D+30.2%
NEWBERRY	D+21.7	R+7.1	R+30.8	7,956	R+2.9%
CALHOUN	D+19.8	D+7.2	R+8.4	3,022	D+15.2%
COLLETON	D+19.7	D+9.7	R+11.6	7,324	D+30.3%
DILLON	D+18.2	D+14.2	R+16.0	5,501	D+7.3%
CLARENDON	D+17.0	D+17.9	D+4.6	6,432	R+2.2%
BAMBERG	D+16.6	D+22.1	R+0.3	3,792	D+6.2%
WILLIAMSBURG	D+16.0	D+22.7	D+7.7	9,595	R+4.1%
SALUDA	D+14.4	D+3.9	R+28.2	3,708	R+12.6%
HORRY	D+14.2	R+1.5	R+38.9	16,467	D+11.9%
BERKELEY	D+14.1	R+12.9	R+39.1	15,145	D+26.2%
DORCHESTER	D+14.0	R+20.0	R+36.8	11,608	D+27.3%
KERSHAW	D+12.2	R+12.9	R+34.0	9,797	D+37.5%
AIKEN	D+11.4	R+17.2	R+44.2	23,332	D+6.2%
DARLINGTON	D+11.0	D+1.2	R+19.3	12,943	D+14.0%
LEE	D+8.5	D+23.7	D+4.9	5,419	D+1.1%
CHARLESTON	D+6.3	R+14.2	R+28.8	57,727	D+38.7%
BEAUFORT	D+4.0	R+7.2	R+29.9	11,043	D+21.8%
FLORENCE	D+0.9	R+2.0	R+21.6	23,455	D+12.2%
LEXINGTON	R+3.3	R+38.1	R+62.4	30,841	D+39.1%

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County Results (46 counties)

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