2048 United States presidential election in South Carolina (Finolian)

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The **2048 United States presidential election in South Carolina** was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2048, as part of the greater 2048 United States presidential election in which all 53 states participated. South Carolina voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College, pitting Carlos Fernandez and Alessandra Karolyn, the Democratic nominees, over Anthony Jacobs and George White, the Republican nominees. South Carolina has nine electoral votes in the Electoral College.

The election was the closest in South Carolina history, with Fernandez winning the state by a margin of only 0.02%. The state was not called for over a week after election day, with some organizations making inaccurate calls. Before Prior to the election, most sources considered this state to be a tossup or as leaning towards Jacobs. With Fernandez's victory in the state, the entire East Coast went blue for the first time in the United States' history. The growth of major South Carolina metropolitan areas; including Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, and Myrtle Beach; and the larger Charlotte metropolitan area, anchored in North Carolina; along with high African-American voter turnout, led Fernandez to a narrow victory in the state. Fernandez's victory marked the first time a Democrat won the state at the presidential level since 1976, when South Carolina voted for Jimmy Carter.

Jacobs maintained a lead for most of election night until the urban counties of Richland, Charleston, and Greenville began counting votes. Fernandez and Jacobs remained within 1,000 votes of each other for much of the week, until Fernandez finally took the lead on Saturday. However, the extremely close margin meant that the state would not be called until the next Tuesday, exactly a week after election day.

Fernandez became the first Democrat to win the counties of Greenville and Lancaster since the beginning of the Seventh Party System. Greenville County, an urban county anchored by the city of the same name, and once a Republican stronghold, had continued to experience rapid urban growth leading to demographic shifts. Lancaster County, a suburban county of Charlotte, had also experienced political shifts due to the rapid growth of the Charlotte metro area.

Fernandez also performed well in the Black Belt counties, improving upon already established Democratic majorities in the African-American majority counties.

Despite not voting for Fernandez, the counties of Horry (where Myrtle Beach is located), Spartanburg (where Spartanburg is located), and Lexington (a suburban county of Columbia), continued trending to the left. In particular, Horry County saw a nine-point shift towards the Democratic party, likely due to the growth of the Myrtle Beach metro area.

South Carolina in particular was subject to an intense voter intimidation campaign led by Republicans and other far-right figures. Armed militia groups gathered near voting stations, yelling threats and insults towards supporters of Fernandez, and especially African-Americans. President Jacobs refused to condemn these actions. Despite this, voter turnout saw a record high in the state, with 74% of registered voters choosing to vote.

Jacobs would unsuccessfully attempt to overturn the results of the state. His attempts included numerous recounts, lawsuits, vote nullification, military intervention, and the implementation of fake electors. His attempts were widely seen as similar to Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the election results in 2020 and 2024.