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The2020 United States presidential election in South Carolina was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.[1]South Carolina voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote, pitting theRepublican nominee, incumbent PresidentDonald J. Trump, and running mateVice PresidentMichael R. Pence againstDemocratic nominee, former Vice PresidentJoe Biden, and his running mate California SenatorKamala Harris. South Carolina has nine electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]
Trump carried South Carolina by a margin of 11.68%, down from his 14.27% margin four years earlier. Prior to this election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Trump would win, or ared state.
South Carolina was the onlyEast Coast state in 2020 to vote Republican by a double-digit margin.[3] This was the first time that both main party candidates won more than one million votes in a statewide election in South Carolina, alongside the concurrent Senate election.
On September 7, 2019, theSouth Carolina Republican Party became one of several state GOP affiliates to cancel their respective primaries and caucuses officially.[4] Donald J. Trump's re-election campaign and Republican officials have cited the fact that Republicans canceled several state primaries whenGeorge H. W. Bush andGeorge W. Bush sought second terms in1992 and2004, respectively, and Democrats scrapped some of their primaries whenBill Clinton andBarack Obama were seeking re-election in1996 and2012, respectively.[5][6]
In response to the cancellation, formerU.S. RepresentativeBob Inglis and another South Carolina Republican voter filed a lawsuit against the South Carolina Republican Party on grounds that it denied their right to vote. On December 11, 2019, a state court judge dismissed the lawsuit, writing in his opinion that the law "does not give plaintiffs a legal right to presidential preference primary".[7] Thus at the South Carolina State Republican Convention in May 2020, the state party formally bound all 50 of its national pledged delegates to Trump.[8]
The South Carolina Democratic primary was held on February 29, 2020.
Official results show thatJoe Biden won the Democratic primary with 48.65% of the vote, withBernie Sanders coming in second with 19.77%.[9][10][11]
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[12] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | 262,336 | 48.65 | 39 |
| Bernie Sanders | 106,605 | 19.77 | 15 |
| Tom Steyer | 61,140 | 11.34 | |
| Pete Buttigieg | 44,217 | 8.20 | |
| Elizabeth Warren | 38,120 | 7.07 | |
| Amy Klobuchar | 16,900 | 3.13 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 6,813 | 1.26 | |
| Andrew Yang(withdrawn) | 1,069 | 0.20 | |
| Michael Bennet(withdrawn) | 765 | 0.14 | |
| Cory Booker(withdrawn) | 658 | 0.12 | |
| John Delaney(withdrawn) | 352 | 0.07 | |
| Deval Patrick(withdrawn) | 288 | 0.05 | |
| Total | 539,263 | 100% | 54 |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[13] | Likely R | September 10, 2020 |
| Inside Elections[14] | Likely R | September 4, 2020 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[15] | Likely R | July 14, 2020 |
| Politico[16] | Safe R | September 8, 2020 |
| RCP[17] | Lean R | August 3, 2020 |
| Niskanen[18] | Safe R | July 26, 2020 |
| CNN[19] | Safe R | August 3, 2020 |
| The Economist[20] | Likely R | September 2, 2020 |
| CBS News[21] | Likely R | August 16, 2020 |
| 270towin[22] | Likely R | August 2, 2020 |
| ABC News[23] | Safe R | July 31, 2020 |
| NPR[24] | Likely R | August 3, 2020 |
| NBC News[25] | Likely R | August 6, 2020 |
| 538[26] | Likely R | September 9, 2020 |
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Aggregate polls
| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald J. Trump Republican | Other/ Undecided [a] | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270 to Win[27] | October 15, 2020 – November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 43.3% | 50.3% | 6.4% | Trump +7.0 |
| FiveThirtyEight[28] | until November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 44.5% | 51.6% | 3.9% | Trump +7.1 |
| Average | 43.9% | 51.0% | 5.1% | Trump +7.1 | ||
Polls
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[b] | Margin of error | Donald J. Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Jo Jorgensen Libertarian | Howie Hawkins Green | Other | Undecided |
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| Optimus[29] | Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2020 | 817 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 51% | 39% | – | – | 2%[c] | 8% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[30] | Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020 | 2,485 (LV) | ± 3% | 56%[d] | 42% | – | – | – | – |
| Data For Progress[31] | Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020 | 1,121 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 53% | 44% | 2% | 0% | 0%[e] | – |
| Swayable[32] | Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2020 | 426 (LV) | ± 7.4% | 50% | 49% | 1% | 0% | – | – |
| Morning Consult[33] | Oct 22–31, 2020 | 904 (LV) | ± 3% | 51% | 45% | – | – | – | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[30] | Oct 1–28, 2020 | 4,725 (LV) | – | 54% | 44% | – | – | – | – |
| Data for Progress[34] | Oct 22–27, 2020 | 1,196 (LV) | ± 2.8% | 50% | 44% | 1% | 0% | – | 4% |
| Starboard Communications[35] | Oct 26, 2020 | 800 (LV) | – | 51% | 44% | – | – | – | 5% |
| East Carolina University[36] | Oct 24–25, 2020 | 763 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 52% | 44% | – | – | 3%[f] | 1% |
| Morning Consult[33] | Oct 11–20, 2020 | 926 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 51% | 45% | – | – | – | – |
| New York Times/Siena College[37][1] | Oct 9–14, 2020 | 605 (LV) | ± 4.5% | 49% | 41% | 2% | 1% | 1%[g] | 6%[h] |
| Data for Progress[38] | Oct 8–11, 2020 | 801 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 52% | 43% | 1% | 1% | – | 4% |
| Morning Consult[33] | Oct 2–11, 2020 | 903 (LV) | ± 3% | 54% | 42% | – | – | – | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[30] | Sep 1–30, 2020 | 1,833 (LV) | – | 53% | 45% | – | – | – | 2% |
| GBAO Strategies/DSCC[39][A] | Sep 24–28, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 49% | 44% | – | – | – | – |
| Data for Progress (D)[40] | Sep 23–28, 2020 | 824 (LV) | ± 3.4% | 47%[i] | 43% | 1% | 1% | – | 8% |
| 50%[j] | 45% | – | – | – | 5% | ||||
| Quinnipiac University[41] | Sep 23–27, 2020 | 1,123 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 48% | 47% | – | – | 1%[k] | 4% |
| YouGov/CBS[42] | Sep 22–25, 2020 | 1,080 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 52% | 42% | – | – | 2%[l] | 4% |
| Morning Consult[43] | Sep 11–20, 2020 | 764 (LV) | ± (3% – 4%) | 50%[m] | 44% | – | – | – | – |
| Quinnipiac University[44] | Sep 10–14, 2020 | 969 (LV) | ± 3.2% | 51% | 45% | – | – | 0%[n] | 4% |
| Morning Consult[45] | Sep 2–11, 2020 | ~764 (LV) | ± (3%–4%) | 51% | 44% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[45] | Aug 23 – Sep 1, 2020 | ~764 (LV) | ± (3%–4%) | 52% | 42% | – | – | – | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[30] | Aug 1–31, 2020 | 1,326 (LV) | – | 53% | 45% | – | – | – | 2% |
| Morning Consult[45] | Aug 13–22, 2020 | ~764 (LV) | ± (3%–4%) | 51% | 43% | – | – | – | – |
| Morning Consult[45] | Aug 3–12, 2020 | ~764 (LV) | ± (3%–4%) | 50% | 43% | – | – | – | – |
| Quinnipiac University[46] | Jul 30 – Aug 3, 2020 | 914 (RV) | ± 3.2% | 47% | 42% | – | – | 4%[o] | 7% |
| Morning Consult[47] | Jul 24 – Aug 2, 2020 | 741 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 49%[p] | 44% | – | – | 3%[q] | 4% |
| Morning Consult[45] | Jul 23 – Aug 1, 2020 | ~764 (LV) | ± (3%–4%) | 48% | 45% | – | – | – | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[30] | Jul 1–31, 2020 | 1,700 (LV) | – | 53% | 44% | – | – | – | 2% |
| Morning Consult[45] | Jul 13–22, 2020 | ~764 (LV) | ± (3%–4%) | 50% | 43% | – | – | – | – |
| ALG Research/Lindsey Must Go[48][B] | Jul 15–20, 2020 | 591 (LV) | – | 50% | 45% | – | – | 1% | 4% |
| Gravis Marketing[49][2] | Jul 17, 2020 | 604 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 50% | 46% | – | – | – | – |
| brilliant corners Research & Strategies/Jaime Harrison[50][C] | Jul 13–19, 2020 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 50% | 43% | – | – | – | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[30] | Jun 8–30, 2020 | 863 (LV) | – | 52% | 47% | – | – | – | 2% |
| Civiqs/Daily Kos[51] | May 23–26, 2020 | 591 (RV) | ± 4.5% | 52% | 42% | – | – | 5%[r] | 1% |
| AtlasIntel[52] | Feb 25–28, 2020 | 1,100 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 48% | 42% | – | – | 11% | – |
| East Carolina University[53] | Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2020 | 1,756 (RV) | ± 2.7% | 52% | 40% | – | – | – | 8% |
| Change Research[54] | Jun 11–14, 2019 | 2,312 (RV) | ± 2.0% | 54% | 38% | 3%[s] | 1%[s] | – | – |
| Emerson College[55] | Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2019 | 755 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 52% | 48% | – | – | – | – |
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Donald J. Trump vs. Bernie Sanders
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Donald J. Trump vs. Cory Booker
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Donald J. Trump (incumbent) Michael R. Pence (incumbent) | 1,385,103 | 55.11% | +0.17% | |
| Democratic | Joe Biden Kamala Harris | 1,091,541 | 43.43% | +2.76% | |
| Libertarian | Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen | 27,916 | 1.11% | −1.23% | |
| Green | Howie Hawkins Angela Walker | 6,907 | 0.27% | −0.35% | |
| Alliance | Rocky De La Fuente Darcy Richardson | 1,862 | 0.07% | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,513,329 | 72.1%[58] | 4.24% | ||
| Total votes | 2,513,329 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| County | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Abbeville | 8,215 | 66.07% | 4,101 | 32.98% | 117 | 0.95% | 4,114 | 33.09% | 12,433 |
| Aiken | 51,589 | 60.56% | 32,275 | 37.89% | 1,321 | 1.55% | 19,314 | 22.67% | 85,185 |
| Allendale | 835 | 23.24% | 2,718 | 75.65% | 40 | 1.11% | -1,883 | -52.41% | 3,593 |
| Anderson | 67,565 | 70.31% | 27,169 | 28.27% | 1,359 | 1.42% | 40,396 | 42.04% | 96,093 |
| Bamberg | 2,417 | 37.29% | 4,010 | 61.86% | 55 | 0.85% | -1,593 | -24.57% | 6,482 |
| Barnwell | 5,492 | 53.21% | 4,720 | 45.73% | 109 | 1.06% | 772 | 7.48% | 10,321 |
| Beaufort | 53,194 | 54.37% | 43,419 | 44.38% | 1,222 | 1.25% | 9,775 | 9.99% | 97,835 |
| Berkeley | 57,397 | 54.95% | 45,223 | 43.29% | 1,838 | 1.76% | 12,174 | 11.66% | 104,458 |
| Calhoun | 4,305 | 51.92% | 3,905 | 47.10% | 81 | 0.98% | 400 | 4.82% | 8,291 |
| Charleston | 93,297 | 42.63% | 121,485 | 55.51% | 4,075 | 1.86% | -28,188 | -12.88% | 218,857 |
| Cherokee | 18,043 | 71.40% | 6,983 | 27.63% | 244 | 0.97% | 11,060 | 43.77% | 25,270 |
| Chester | 8,660 | 54.96% | 6,941 | 44.05% | 156 | 0.99% | 1,719 | 10.91% | 15,757 |
| Chesterfield | 11,297 | 59.85% | 7,431 | 39.37% | 148 | 0.78% | 3,866 | 20.48% | 18,876 |
| Clarendon | 8,361 | 49.97% | 8,250 | 49.30% | 112 | 0.73% | 111 | 0.67% | 16,733 |
| Colleton | 10,440 | 54.14% | 8,602 | 44.61% | 241 | 1.25% | 1,838 | 9.53% | 19,283 |
| Darlington | 16,832 | 51.92% | 15,220 | 46.95% | 365 | 1.13% | 1,612 | 4.97% | 32,417 |
| Dillon | 6,582 | 50.24% | 6,436 | 49.13% | 83 | 0.63% | 146 | 1.11% | 13,101 |
| Dorchester | 41,913 | 54.24% | 33,824 | 43.77% | 1,541 | 1.99% | 8,089 | 10.47% | 77,278 |
| Edgefield | 8,184 | 61.52% | 4,953 | 37.23% | 167 | 1.25% | 3,231 | 24.29% | 13,304 |
| Fairfield | 4,625 | 38.11% | 7,382 | 60.83% | 129 | 1.06% | -2,757 | -22.72% | 12,136 |
| Florence | 32,615 | 50.56% | 31,153 | 48.29% | 742 | 1.15% | 1,462 | 2.27% | 64,510 |
| Georgetown | 20,487 | 55.87% | 15,822 | 43.15% | 359 | 0.98% | 4,665 | 12.72% | 36,668 |
| Greenville | 150,021 | 58.11% | 103,030 | 39.91% | 5,104 | 1.98% | 46,991 | 18.20% | 258,155 |
| Greenwood | 19,431 | 60.71% | 12,145 | 37.95% | 430 | 1.34% | 7,286 | 22.76% | 32,006 |
| Hampton | 3,906 | 41.98% | 5,323 | 57.21% | 76 | 0.81% | -1,417 | -15.23% | 9,305 |
| Horry | 118,821 | 66.11% | 59,180 | 32.92% | 1,743 | 0.97% | 59,641 | 33.19% | 179,744 |
| Jasper | 7,078 | 49.17% | 7,185 | 49.92% | 131 | 0.91% | -107 | -0.75% | 14,394 |
| Kershaw | 20,471 | 60.87% | 12,699 | 37.76% | 459 | 1.37% | 7,772 | 23.11% | 33,629 |
| Lancaster | 30,312 | 60.78% | 18,937 | 37.97% | 619 | 1.25% | 11,375 | 22.81% | 49,868 |
| Laurens | 20,004 | 65.61% | 10,159 | 33.32% | 325 | 1.07% | 9,845 | 32.29% | 30,488 |
| Lee | 3,008 | 35.68% | 5,329 | 63.21% | 94 | 1.11% | -2,321 | -27.53% | 8,431 |
| Lexington | 92,817 | 64.20% | 49,301 | 34.10% | 2,450 | 1.70% | 43,516 | 30.10% | 144,568 |
| Marion | 5,711 | 38.84% | 8,872 | 60.34% | 121 | 0.82% | -3,161 | -21.50% | 14,704 |
| Marlboro | 5,044 | 44.07% | 6,290 | 54.95% | 112 | 0.98% | -1,246 | -10.88% | 11,446 |
| McCormick | 2,958 | 51.92% | 2,687 | 47.17% | 52 | 0.91% | 271 | 4.75% | 5,697 |
| Newberry | 11,443 | 61.42% | 6,958 | 37.35% | 230 | 1.23% | 4,485 | 24.07% | 18,631 |
| Oconee | 29,698 | 73.03% | 10,414 | 25.61% | 556 | 1.36% | 19,284 | 47.42% | 40,668 |
| Orangeburg | 13,603 | 33.01% | 27,295 | 66.24% | 307 | 0.75% | -13,692 | -33.23% | 41,205 |
| Pickens | 42,907 | 74.56% | 13,645 | 23.71% | 994 | 1.73% | 29,262 | 50.85% | 57,546 |
| Richland | 58,313 | 30.09% | 132,570 | 68.40% | 2,939 | 1.51% | -74,257 | -38.31% | 193,822 |
| Saluda | 6,210 | 66.96% | 2,963 | 31.95% | 101 | 1.09% | 3,247 | 35.01% | 9,274 |
| Spartanburg | 93,560 | 62.94% | 52,926 | 35.60% | 2,169 | 1.46% | 40,634 | 27.34% | 148,655 |
| Sumter | 21,000 | 42.93% | 27,379 | 55.97% | 541 | 1.10% | -6,379 | -13.04% | 48,920 |
| Union | 8,183 | 61.73% | 4,935 | 37.23% | 139 | 1.04% | 3,248 | 24.50% | 13,257 |
| Williamsburg | 5,532 | 34.61% | 10,289 | 64.37% | 164 | 1.02% | -4,757 | -29.76% | 15,985 |
| York | 82,727 | 57.43% | 59,008 | 40.96% | 2,315 | 1.61% | 23,719 | 16.47% | 144,050 |
| Totals | 1,385,103 | 55.11% | 1,091,541 | 43.43% | 36,685 | 1.46% | 293,562 | 11.68% | 2,513,329 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Trump won six of seven congressional districts.[59]
| District | Trump | Biden | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 52% | 46% | Joe Cunningham |
| Nancy Mace | |||
| 2nd | 55% | 44% | Joe Wilson |
| 3rd | 68% | 31% | Jeff Duncan |
| 4th | 59% | 39% | William Timmons |
| 5th | 58% | 41% | Ralph Norman |
| 6th | 32% | 67% | Jim Clyburn |
| 7th | 59% | 40% | Tom Rice |
South Carolina—aDeep SouthernBible Belt state that was once part of the DemocraticSolid South—has had a Republican tendency since1964. Since its narrow vote forKennedy in1960, it has voted Democratic only in1976, forJimmy Carter, the former governor of the neighboring state of Georgia. Accordingly, it has long been the most conservative state on theEast Coast of the United States,[60] although it has not been as conservative as its fellow Deep South states of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, largely due to populous and fast-growingCharleston andRichland Counties' trending more Democratic in the 21st century. As in the case of other Deep Southern states, South Carolina also has a largeAfrican-American population[61] that helps keep the state somewhat more competitive than much of the Upper South. (The final state in the Deep South,Georgia, has become much more competitive than any of its fellow Deep South states in recent years due to the explosive growth of the Atlanta area.)
Trump performed somewhat better than polls anticipated, as aggregate polls averaged him only 7 points ahead of Biden.[62] He flippedClarendon County for the first time since1972 andDillon County for the first time since1988. Biden became the first Democrat sinceLyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to win the presidency without Clarendon, Calhoun, Colleton, and McCormick counties and the first Democrat sinceHarry S. Truman to win without Dillon and Chester counties.
Perexit polls by theAssociated Press, Trump's strength in the Palmetto State came fromWhite,born-again/EvangelicalChristians, who supported Trump by 87%–90%.South Carolina is entirely in theBible Belt. As is the case in manySouthern states, there was a starkracial divide in voting for this election:White South Carolinians supported Trump by 69%–29%, whileBlackSouth Carolinians supported Biden by 92%–7%.[63]
In other elections, longtime Republican U.S. SenatorLindsey Grahamwon another term in theUnited States Senate by 10.27 percentage points over DemocratJaime Harrison. While Harrison lost by a double-digit margin, he still slightly outperformed Biden.
| 2020 presidential election in South Carolina by demographic subgroup (Edison exit polling)[64][65] | |||
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| Demographic subgroup | Biden | Trump | % of total vote |
| Total vote | 43.43 | 55.11 | 100 |
| Ideology | |||
| Liberals | 92 | 7 | 15 |
| Moderates | 56 | 42 | 38 |
| Conservatives | 14 | 85 | 47 |
| Party | |||
| Democrats | 96 | 4 | 30 |
| Republicans | 4 | 95 | 41 |
| Independents | 46 | 50 | 29 |
| Gender | |||
| Men | 41 | 57 | 45 |
| Women | 45 | 53 | 55 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 26 | 73 | 66 |
| Black | 90 | 7 | 26 |
| Latino | – | – | 5 |
| Asian | – | – | 0 |
| Other | – | – | 3 |
| Age | |||
| 18–24 years old | 53 | 42 | 9 |
| 25–29 years old | 30 | 68 | 6 |
| 30–39 years old | 50 | 47 | 12 |
| 40–49 years old | 53 | 46 | 18 |
| 50–64 years old | 38 | 61 | 28 |
| 65 and older | 40 | 60 | 27 |
| Sexual orientation | |||
| LGBT | – | – | 5 |
| Not LGBT | 40 | 59 | 95 |
| Education | |||
| High school or less | 46 | 53 | 22 |
| Somecollege education | 46 | 53 | 25 |
| Associate degree | 36 | 63 | 17 |
| Bachelor's degree | 43 | 55 | 23 |
| Postgraduate degree | 43 | 56 | 14 |
| Income | |||
| Under $30,000 | 62 | 38 | 23 |
| $30,000–49,999 | 42 | 56 | 18 |
| $50,000–99,999 | 47 | 51 | 31 |
| Over $100,000 | 34 | 64 | 30 |
| Issue regarded as most important | |||
| Racial inequality | 88 | 10 | 15 |
| Coronavirus | 89 | 10 | 16 |
| Economy | 11 | 87 | 36 |
| Crime and safety | 16 | 84 | 14 |
| Health care | – | – | 11 |
| Region | |||
| Upcountry | 32 | 66 | 25 |
| Piedmont | 41 | 57 | 14 |
| Central | 52 | 46 | 24 |
| Pee Dee/Waccamaw | 43 | 57 | 15 |
| Low Country | 49 | 50 | 21 |
| Area type | |||
| Urban | 55 | 43 | 14 |
| Suburban | 40 | 58 | 49 |
| Rural | 43 | 56 | 37 |
| Family's financial situation today | |||
| Better than four years ago | 15 | 84 | 49 |
| Worse than four years ago | 88 | 12 | 17 |
| About the same | 65 | 31 | 32 |
Partisan clients
Additional candidates