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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in South Carolina

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in South Carolina in 1916, 96.7% to 2.4%, a margin of 94.3 points and 60,296 votes.

South Carolina voted 91.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1912, when Woodrow Wilson also won.

Democrats led in 45 of the 45 counties as they stood then. The largest, Spartanburg, cast 4,675 votes and went to the Democrat by 93.9 points. The closest was Jasper, where 243 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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Woodrow Wilson won Democratic 61,846 96.7%
Charles Evans Hughes Republican 1,550 2.4%
All other candidates 556 0.9%
Total63,952

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Spartanburg 4,503 96.3% 112 2.4% 60 4,675 D+93.9
Greenville 3,384 96.7% 81 2.3% 36 3,501 D+94.3
Orangeburg 2,641 93.3% 159 5.6% 31 2,831 D+87.7
Anderson 2,609 99.5% 6 0.2% 7 2,622 D+99.3
Richland 2,283 87.6% 292 11.2% 32 2,607 D+76.4
Lexington 2,060 95.2% 31 1.4% 74 2,165 D+93.7
Charleston 1,929 93.6% 129 6.3% 2 2,060 D+87.4
Florence 1,912 98.7% 26 1.3% 1,938 D+97.3
Laurens 1,895 98.6% 14 0.7% 12 1,921 D+97.9
Chesterfield 1,883 99.6% 3 0.2% 4 1,890 D+99.5
Aiken 1,750 97.9% 26 1.5% 11 1,787 D+96.5
Newberry 1,719 97.2% 19 1.1% 31 1,769 D+96.1
Greenwood 1,636 98.9% 13 0.8% 5 1,654 D+98.1
Horry 1,638 99.6% 7 0.4% 1,645 D+99.1
Sumter 1,357 89.3% 142 9.3% 20 1,519 D+80.0
Union 1,476 99.1% 13 0.9% 1,489 D+98.3
Barnwell 1,454 98.5% 21 1.4% 1 1,476 D+97.1
Darlington 1,462 99.5% 5 0.3% 3 1,470 D+99.1
Lancaster 1,426 99.9% 1 0.1% 1 1,428 D+99.8
York 1,393 98.3% 23 1.6% 1 1,417 D+96.7
Cherokee 1,271 96.4% 13 1.0% 35 1,319 D+95.4
Williamsburg 1,212 95.5% 57 4.5% 1,269 D+91.0
Saluda 1,227 99.5% 1 0.1% 5 1,233 D+99.4
Chester 1,182 98.4% 17 1.4% 2 1,201 D+97.0
Pickens 1,139 95.1% 7 0.6% 52 1,198 D+94.5
Marlboro 1,071 98.4% 2 0.2% 15 1,088 D+98.3
Marion 1,019 99.1% 3 0.3% 6 1,028 D+98.8
Kershaw 989 97.9% 14 1.4% 7 1,010 D+96.5
Colleton 974 96.8% 31 3.1% 1 1,006 D+93.7
Dillon 972 100.0% 0 0.0% 972 D+100.0
Edgefield 959 99.5% 5 0.5% 964 D+99.0
Oconee 885 93.5% 59 6.2% 3 947 D+87.2
Clarendon 894 98.0% 18 2.0% 912 D+96.1
Abbeville 900 98.8% 8 0.9% 3 911 D+97.9
Hampton 852 100.0% 0 0.0% 852 D+100.0
Bamberg 820 99.9% 1 0.1% 821 D+99.8
Lee 779 96.7% 14 1.7% 13 806 D+94.9
Dorchester 716 94.0% 44 5.8% 2 762 D+88.2
Calhoun 665 89.5% 41 5.5% 37 743 D+84.0
Fairfield 726 98.4% 12 1.6% 738 D+96.7
McCormick 637 99.7% 2 0.3% 639 D+99.4
Beaufort 376 77.5% 105 21.6% 4 485 D+55.9
Georgetown 470 98.7% 2 0.4% 4 476 D+98.3
Berkeley 457 98.7% 6 1.3% 463 D+97.4
Jasper 243 100.0% 0 0.0% 243 D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1916; 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 in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+17.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+11.7
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+14.3
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+10.5
2008 John McCain (R) R+9.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+17.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+16.0
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+5.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+8.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+23.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+28.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.2
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+42.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+8.5
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+17.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.5
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+20.2
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.4
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+83.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+91.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+97.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+96.1
1928 Al Smith (D) D+82.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+94.4
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+92.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+94.3
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+94.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+87.9
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+90.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+86.1
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+71.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+58.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+65.1
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+51.8
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+31.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+0.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+52.0
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+15.9