Between 1912 and 2020 in the state of South Carolina there have been 28 elections of which: 13 have been won by Democrats, 14 won by Republicans, and 1 won by "other parties".
| Year | Electoral | Presidential Candidate Votes | Population | Votes | Turnout | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 9 | D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 48,357 9 Electoral Votes
R William Howard Taft (OH) 536
O Eugene W. Chafin (IL)
O Theodore Roosevelt (NY) 1,293
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 164
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA) |
1,577,599 | 50,350 | 3.19% | D |
| 1916 | 9 | D Woodrow Wilson (NJ) 61,846 9 Electoral Votes
O Allan L. Benson (NY) 135
O Arthur E. Reimer (MA) 162
R Charles Evans Hughes (NY) 1,550
O Frank Hanly (IN) |
1,701,998 | 63,693 | 3.74% | D |
| 1920 | 9 | D James M. Cox (OH) 64,170 9 Electoral Votes
O Parley P. Christensen (IL)
O James E. Ferguson (TX)
R Warren G. Harding (OH) 2,610
O Eugene V. Debs (IN) 28
O Aaron S. Watkins (IN)
O Other (XX) |
1,683,724 | 66,808 | 3.97% | D |
| 1924 | 9 | D John W. Davis (WV) 49,008 9 Electoral Votes
O Herman P. Faris (MO)
O Other (XX)
R Calvin Coolidge (MA) 1,123
O Robert M. La Follette (WI) 620
O William Z. Foster (MA) |
1,824,163 | 50,751 | 2.78% | D |
| 1928 | 9 | D Al Smith (NY) 62,700 9 Electoral Votes
O William Z. Foster (IL)
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 5,858
O Norman Thomas (NY) 47
O Verne L. Reynolds (MI) |
1,964,602 | 68,605 | 3.49% | D |
| 1932 | 8 | D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 102,347 8 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 82
R Herbert Hoover (CA) 1,978
O Other (XX) |
1,773,540 | 104,407 | 5.89% | D |
| 1936 | 8 | D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 113,791 8 Electoral Votes
O William Lemke (ND)
O Earl Browder (KS)
R Alfred Landon (KS) 1,646
O Norman Thomas (NY) |
1,843,091 | 115,437 | 6.26% | D |
| 1940 | 8 | O Norman Thomas (NY) 2
R Wendell Willkie (NY) 4,360
O Other (XX)
D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 95,470 8 Electoral Votes |
1,899,804 | 99,832 | 5.25% | D |
| 1944 | 8 | D Franklin D. Roosevelt (NY) 90,601 8 Electoral Votes
O Texas Regulars (TX) 7,799
O Other (XX) 365
R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 4,610
O Norman Thomas (NY) |
1,975,796 | 103,375 | 5.23% | D |
| 1948 | 8 | R Thomas E. Dewey (NY) 5,386
O Henry A. Wallace (IA) 154
O Other (XX)
D Harry S. Truman (MO) 34,423
O Strom Thurmond (SC) 102,607 8 Electoral Votes
O Norman Thomas (NY) 1 |
2,051,788 | 142,571 | 6.95% | O |
| 1952 | 8 | O Eric Hass (NY)
D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 173,004 8 Electoral Votes
O Stuart Hamblen (TX)
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 168,082
O Vincent Hallinan (CA) |
2,159,368 | 341,086 | 15.8% | D |
| 1956 | 8 | D Adlai Stevenson (IL) 136,372 8 Electoral Votes
O Eric Hass (NY)
R Dwight D. Eisenhower (NY) 75,700
O Other (XX) 88,511 |
2,244,049 | 300,583 | 13.39% | D |
| 1960 | 8 | R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 188,558
O Eric Hass (NY)
D John Fitzgerald Kennedy (MA) 198,129 8 Electoral Votes
O Other (XX) |
2,382,594 | 386,687 | 16.23% | D |
| 1964 | 8 | R Barry Morris Goldwater (AZ) 309,048 8 Electoral Votes
O Eric Hass (NY)
D Lyndon Baines Johnson (TX) 215,700
O Other (XX) |
2,477,898 | 524,748 | 21.18% | R |
| 1968 | 8 | O George Corley Wallace (AL) 215,430
D Hubert Horatio Humphrey (MN) 197,486
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 254,062 8 Electoral Votes |
2,573,201 | 666,978 | 25.92% | R |
| 1972 | 8 | D George Stanley McGovern (SD) 189,270
O Linda Jenness (GA)
R Richard Milhous Nixon (CA) 478,427 8 Electoral Votes
O John G. Schmitz (CA) 10,166 |
2,642,326 | 677,863 | 25.65% | R |
| 1976 | 8 | R Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (MI) 346,140
O Roger MacBride (VT)
D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 450,825 8 Electoral Votes
O Eugene McCarthy (MN) |
2,745,947 | 796,965 | 29.02% | D |
| 1980 | 8 | D James Earl Carter, Jr. (GA) 427,560
O Ed Clark (CA) 4,975
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 441,207 8 Electoral Votes
O John Bayard Anderson (IL) 14,150 |
3,121,820 | 887,892 | 28.44% | R |
| 1984 | 8 | D Walter Frederick Mondale (MN) 344,470
R Ronald Wilson Reagan (CA) 615,539 8 Electoral Votes
O David Bergland (CA) 4,360 |
3,246,693 | 964,369 | 29.7% | R |
| 1988 | 8 | D Michael Stanley Dukakis (MA) 370,554
O Lenora Fulani (PA) 4,077
R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 606,443 8 Electoral Votes
O Ronald Ernest Paul (TX) 4,935 |
3,371,566 | 986,009 | 29.24% | R |
| 1992 | 8 | R George Herbert Walker Bush (TX) 577,507 8 Electoral Votes
O Andre Verne Marrou (AK) 2,719
D William Jefferson Clinton (AR) 479,514
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 138,872
O Other (XX) 3,915 |
3,556,437 | 1,202,527 | 33.81% | R |
| 1996 | 8 | D William Jefferson Clinton (AK) 504,051
O Henry Ross Perot (TX) 64,386
O Harry Browne (TN) 4,271
R Robert Joseph Dole (KS) 573,458 8 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT)
O Other (XX) 3,291 |
3,695,905 | 1,149,457 | 31.1% | R |
| 2000 | 8 | D Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (TN) 565,561
O Pat Buchanan (VA) 3,519
O Howard Phillips (VA) 1,682
O Other (XX)
R George Walker Bush (TX) 785,937 8 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 20,200
O Harry Browne (TN) 4,876
O John Hagelin (IA) 942 |
4,012,012 | 1,382,717 | 34.46% | R |
| 2004 | 8 | D John Forbes Kerry (MA) 661,699
O Michael Badnarik (TX) 3,608
O David Cobb (TX) 1,488
R George Walker Bush (TX) 937,974 8 Electoral Votes
O Ralph Nader (CT) 5,520
O Michael Peroutka (MD) 5,317
O Other (XX) 2,124 |
4,172,492 | 1,617,730 | 38.77% | R |
| 2008 | 8 | O Robert Laurence Barr (GA) 7,283
O Cynthia McKinney (GA) 4,461
D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 862,449
O Ralph Nader (CT) 5,053
O Charles Obadiah Baldwin (FL) 6,827
O Other (XX)
R John Sidney McCain (AZ) 1,034,896 8 Electoral Votes |
4,332,973 | 1,920,969 | 44.33% | R |
| 2012 | 9 | D Barack Hussein Obama (IL) 865,941
O Gary Johnson (NM) 16,321
O Other (XX) 4,765
R Mitt Romney (MA) 1,071,645 9 Electoral Votes
O Jill Stein (MA) 5,446 |
4,717,871 | 1,964,118 | 41.63% | R |
| 2016 | 9 | O Jill Stein (MA) 13,034
R Donal Trump (NY) 1,155,389 9 Electoral Votes
O Evan McMullin (UT) 21,016
O Gary Johnson (NM) 49,204
D Hillary Clinton (NY) 855,373 |
4,902,886 | 2,094,016 | 42.71% | R |
| 2020 | 9 | D Joe Biden (DE) 1,091,541
O Jo Jorgensen (SC) 27,916
R Donald Trump (FL) 1,385,103 9 Electoral Votes
O Howie Hawkins (CA) 6,907 |
5,194,695 | 2,511,467 | 48.35% | R |