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Election 1986 Results

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1986 South Carolina governor election

Carroll Campbell (Republican) beat Mike Daniel (Democrat) in South Carolina in 1986, 51.0% to 47.9%, a margin of 3.1 points and 23,240 votes.

South Carolina changed party: in 1982 it went Democratic, for Richard Riley.

Democrats led in 29 of the 46 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 17. The largest, Greenville, cast 73,736 votes and went to the Republican by 21.9 points. The closest was Calhoun, where 52 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Carroll Campbell won Republican 384,565 51.0%
Mike Daniel Democratic 361,325 47.9%
All other candidates 7,861 1.0%
Total753,751

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 28,525 38.7% 44,688 60.6% 523 73,736 R+21.9
Richland 34,588 50.2% 33,296 48.3% 1,007 68,891 D+1.9
Charleston 28,196 46.9% 30,978 51.5% 1,004 60,178 R+4.6
Spartanburg 22,239 45.3% 26,107 53.2% 721 49,067 R+7.9
Lexington 11,145 27.7% 28,608 71.1% 472 40,225 R+43.4
Anderson 13,102 45.8% 15,339 53.6% 161 28,602 R+7.8
Horry 13,092 46.7% 14,783 52.7% 186 28,061 R+6.0
Florence 12,550 49.1% 12,811 50.1% 205 25,566 R+1.0
Aiken 9,495 38.6% 14,843 60.4% 251 24,589 R+21.7
Orangeburg 13,567 57.0% 10,095 42.4% 159 23,821 D+14.6
York 10,374 50.0% 10,264 49.5% 115 20,753 D+0.5
Berkeley 8,926 48.4% 9,251 50.1% 272 18,449 R+1.8
Sumter 8,986 51.6% 8,170 46.9% 246 17,402 D+4.7
Pickens 6,271 38.8% 9,778 60.5% 126 16,175 R+21.7
Dorchester 6,706 43.6% 8,480 55.1% 202 15,388 R+11.5
Beaufort 6,361 41.4% 8,616 56.1% 388 15,365 R+14.7
Darlington 7,089 52.6% 6,170 45.8% 216 13,475 D+6.8
Lancaster 6,553 53.0% 5,758 46.6% 42 12,353 D+6.4
Cherokee 8,332 68.5% 3,747 30.8% 84 12,163 D+37.7
Greenwood 6,202 51.3% 5,700 47.1% 195 12,097 D+4.1
Laurens 5,916 50.9% 5,678 48.8% 35 11,629 D+2.0
Kershaw 4,625 42.4% 6,173 56.6% 111 10,909 R+14.2
Oconee 4,648 43.1% 6,047 56.1% 92 10,787 R+13.0
Williamsburg 6,423 61.9% 3,907 37.6% 49 10,379 D+24.2
Georgetown 5,995 58.4% 4,156 40.5% 108 10,259 D+17.9
Union 4,578 51.5% 4,282 48.2% 26 8,886 D+3.3
Newberry 3,875 44.0% 4,880 55.5% 44 8,799 R+11.4
Clarendon 5,025 60.8% 3,206 38.8% 40 8,271 D+22.0
Colleton 4,304 54.9% 3,412 43.5% 121 7,837 D+11.4
Chesterfield 4,601 61.6% 2,833 37.9% 36 7,470 D+23.7
Marion 4,362 60.2% 2,851 39.3% 37 7,250 D+20.8
Marlboro 4,663 69.5% 2,003 29.8% 47 6,713 D+39.6
Chester 4,027 63.5% 2,271 35.8% 44 6,342 D+27.7
Fairfield 4,061 66.3% 1,960 32.0% 102 6,123 D+34.3
Dillon 3,486 57.6% 2,523 41.7% 44 6,053 D+15.9
Barnwell 2,783 47.8% 3,005 51.6% 38 5,826 R+3.8
Abbeville 3,390 60.4% 2,188 39.0% 35 5,613 D+21.4
Lee 3,327 59.4% 2,238 40.0% 33 5,598 D+19.5
Jasper 3,449 64.3% 1,859 34.6% 58 5,366 D+29.6
Hampton 3,435 65.3% 1,783 33.9% 42 5,260 D+31.4
Edgefield 2,399 51.0% 2,287 48.6% 22 4,708 D+2.4
Saluda 1,936 45.1% 2,335 54.4% 24 4,295 R+9.3
Bamberg 2,589 61.8% 1,591 38.0% 11 4,191 D+23.8
Calhoun 1,893 50.4% 1,841 49.0% 25 3,759 D+1.4
Allendale 1,939 62.0% 1,140 36.5% 46 3,125 D+25.6
McCormick 1,297 66.6% 634 32.6% 16 1,947 D+34.1

Counties as they stood in 1986; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Henry McMaster (R) R+17.4
2018 Henry McMaster (R) R+8.0
2014 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+14.5
2010 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+4.5
2006 Mark Sanford (R) R+10.3
2002 Mark Sanford (R) R+5.8
1998 James H. Hodges (D) D+8.0
1994 David Beasley (R) R+2.5
1990 Carroll Campbell (R) R+41.6
1986 Carroll Campbell (R) R+3.1
1982 Richard Riley (D) D+39.6
1978 Richard W. Riley (D) D+23.6
1974 James B. Edwards (R) R+3.3
1970 John C. West (D) D+5.9
1966 Robert Evander McNair (D) D+16.3
1962 Donald S. Russell (D) D+100.0
1958 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+100.0
1954 George Bell Timmerman (D) D+100.0
1950 James F. Byrnes (D) D+100.0
1946 James Strom Thurmond (D) D+100.0
1942 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1938 Burnet Rhett Maybank (D) D+98.9
1934 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1930 Ibra C. Blackwood (D) D+100.0
1926 John G. Richards (D) D+100.0
1924 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1922 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1920 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1918 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1916 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+97.9
1914 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+99.8
1912 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.5
1910 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.8
1908 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+100.0
1906 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+99.9
1904 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1902 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1900 Miles B. McSweeney (D) D+100.0
1898 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+100.0
1896 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+82.5
1894 John Gary Evans (D) D+69.6
1892 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+99.9
1890 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+79.8
1888 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1886 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1884 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+100.0
1882 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+79.0
1880 Johnson Hagood (D) D+96.4
1878 Wade Hampton (D) D+99.8
1876 Wade Hampton (D) D+0.6
1874 Daniel H. Chamberlain (R) R+53.9
1872 Franklin J. Moses Jr. (R) R+65.4
1870 Robert K. Scott (R) R+62.3
1868 Robert K. Scott (R) R+50.4
1865 James Lawrence Orr (other)