# Elections in South Carolina

Elections in South Carolina :
Federal government
U.S. President
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1800
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1824
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U.S. Senate
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sp 1898
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U.S. House of Representatives
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1st 1971
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2nd 2001
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1st 2013
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5th 2017
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2024
List of specials :
State offices
General elections
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Gubernatorial elections
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State Senate elections
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State House elections
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2010
2012
2014
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Ballot measures
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Amendment 1
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2010
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2014 :
Charleston
Mayoral elections
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2011
2015
2019
2023 :
Columbia
Mayoral elections
2005
2009
2010
2013
2017
2021 :
Rock Hill
Mayoral elections
2007
2011
2015
2019
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Greenville
Mayoral elections
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2011
2015
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Elections in South Carolina are held to fill various local, state and federal seats. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time.
In a 2020 study, South Carolina was ranked as the 7th-hardest state for citizens to vote in, based on registration and identification requirements, and convenience provisions.

## Recent elections
### 1996 elections

* 1996 United States presidential election in South Carolina
* 1996 United States Senate election in South Carolina
* 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

### 1998 elections

* 1998 United States Senate election in South Carolina
* 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
* 1998 South Carolina gubernatorial election

### 2000 elections

* 2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina
* 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

### 2002 elections

* 2002 United States Senate election in South Carolina
* 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
* 2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election

### 2004 elections

* 2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina
* 2004 United States Senate election in South Carolina
* 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

### 2006 elections

* 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
* 2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election
* 2006 state elections

### 2008 elections

* 2008 South Carolina elections
** 2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina
*** 2008 Democratic primary
*** 2008 Republican primary
** 2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina
** 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

### 2010 elections

* 2010 South Carolina elections
** 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
** 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina
** 2010 South Carolina gubernatorial election

### 2012 elections

* 2012 South Carolina elections
** 2012 United States presidential election in South Carolina
*** 2012 Republican primary
** 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

### 2014 elections

* 2014 South Carolina elections
** 2014 United States Senate election in South Carolina
** 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
** 2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election

### 2016 elections

* United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2016
** 2016 Democratic primary
** 2016 Republican primary
* 2016 United States Senate election in South Carolina
* 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

### 2017 elections

* 2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election

### 2018 elections

* 2018 South Carolina elections
** 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
** 2018 South Carolina gubernatorial election

### 2020 elections

* 2020 South Carolina elections
** 2020 United States presidential election in South Carolina
** 2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina
** 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

### 2022 elections

* 2022 South Carolina elections
** United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2022
** 2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election
** 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

### 2024 elections

* 2024 South Carolina elections
** 2024 United States presidential election in South Carolina
** 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

## Presidential elections through history

Historical presidential elections in South Carolina. :
| Election | Candidate | Party | Election winner? | Electoral Votes |
| 1788 | George Washington | None | Y | 7 |
| 1792 | George Washington | None | Y | 8 |
| 1796 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | N | 8 |
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | Y | 8 |
| 1804 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | Y | 10 |
| 1808 | James Madison | Democratic-Republican | Y | 10 |
| 1812 | James Madison | Democratic-Republican | Y | 11 |
| 1816 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Y | 11 |
| 1820 | James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | Y | 11 |
| 1824 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic-Republican | N | 11 |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic | Y | 11 |
| 1832 | John Floyd | Nullifier | N | 11 |
| 1836 | Willie Mangum | Whig | N | 11 |
| 1840 | Martin Van Buren | Democratic | N | 11 |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | Democratic | Y | 9 |
| 1848 | Lewis Cass | Democratic | N | 9 |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | Democratic | Y | 8 |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | Democratic | Y | 8 |
| 1860 | John C. Breckinridge | Democratic | N | 8 |
| 1864 | United States Civil War | United States Civil War | United States Civil War | 0 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | Y | 6 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | Y | 7 |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | Y | 7 |
| 1880 | Winfield S. Hancock | Democratic | N | 7 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | Y | 9 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | N | 9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | Y | 9 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic Populist | N | 9 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic Populist | N | 9 |
| 1900 | Alton B. Parker | Democratic | N | 9 |
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan | Democratic | N | 9 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | Y | 9 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | Y | 9 |
| 1920 | James M. Cox | Democratic | N | 9 |
| 1924 | John W. Davis | Democratic | N | 9 |
| 1928 | Alfred E. Smith | Democratic | N | 9 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | Y | 8 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | Y | 8 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | Y | 8 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | Y | 8 |
| 1948 | Strom Thurmond | States' Rights Democrat | N | 8 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson | Democratic | N | 8 |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson | Democratic | N | 8 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | Democratic | Y | 8 |
| 1964 | Barry Goldwater | Republican | N | 8 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | Republican | Y | 8 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | Republican | Y | 8 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | Y | 8 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | Y | 8 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | Y | 8 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | Y | 8 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | N | 8 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole | Republican | N | 8 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | Republican | Y | 8 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | Republican | Y | 8 |
| 2008 | John McCain | Republican | N | 8 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney | Republican | N | 9 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump | Republican | Y | 9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump | Republican | N | 9 |
| 2024 | Donald Trump | Republican | Y | 9 |