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Election 1924 Results

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1924 presidential election in South Carolina

John W. Davis (Democrat) beat Calvin Coolidge (Republican) in South Carolina in 1924, 96.6% to 2.2%, a margin of 94.4 points and 47,885 votes.

South Carolina voted 119.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+25.2.

The Democratic hold continued from 1920, when James M. Cox won.

Democrats led in 44 of the 44 counties as they stood then. The largest, Greenville, cast 3,829 votes and went to the Democrat by 95.8 points. The closest was Jasper, where 50 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
John W. Davis won Democratic 49,008 96.6%
Calvin Coolidge Republican 1,123 2.2%
All other candidates 621 1.2%
Total50,752

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 3,728 97.4% 59 1.5% 42 3,829 D+95.8
Charleston 2,554 84.5% 361 11.9% 108 3,023 D+72.5
Richland 2,369 93.6% 88 3.5% 74 2,531 D+90.1
Laurens 2,105 99.5% 6 0.3% 4 2,115 D+99.2
Union 1,862 98.2% 27 1.4% 7 1,896 D+96.8
Greenwood 1,815 99.0% 15 0.8% 4 1,834 D+98.1
Newberry 1,802 99.2% 13 0.7% 2 1,817 D+98.5
Orangeburg 1,727 95.6% 67 3.7% 13 1,807 D+91.9
Chesterfield 1,539 99.2% 11 0.7% 1 1,551 D+98.5
Aiken 1,488 98.6% 16 1.1% 5 1,509 D+97.5
York 1,385 94.1% 31 2.1% 56 1,472 D+92.0
Anderson 1,455 99.2% 9 0.6% 3 1,467 D+98.6
Lexington 1,395 99.4% 7 0.5% 2 1,404 D+98.9
Lancaster 1,355 99.4% 8 0.6% 1,363 D+98.8
Horry 1,346 99.7% 1 0.1% 3 1,350 D+99.6
Florence 1,217 93.5% 32 2.5% 52 1,301 D+91.1
Cherokee 1,186 97.5% 24 2.0% 6 1,216 D+95.6
Sumter 1,136 93.4% 18 1.5% 62 1,216 D+91.9
Saluda 1,094 99.5% 3 0.3% 2 1,099 D+99.3
Pickens 1,044 96.5% 35 3.2% 3 1,082 D+93.3
Oconee 989 96.3% 5 0.5% 33 1,027 D+95.8
Darlington 956 99.0% 3 0.3% 7 966 D+98.7
Edgefield 915 100.0% 0 0.0% 915 D+100.0
Barnwell 847 97.1% 23 2.6% 2 872 D+94.5
Chester 850 97.9% 12 1.4% 6 868 D+96.5
Colleton 800 98.4% 11 1.4% 2 813 D+97.0
Abbeville 681 92.4% 19 2.6% 37 737 D+89.8
Hampton 730 99.1% 3 0.4% 4 737 D+98.6
Kershaw 733 99.9% 1 0.1% 734 D+99.7
Bamberg 708 97.1% 7 1.0% 14 729 D+96.2
Dorchester 697 97.2% 20 2.8% 717 D+94.4
Marlboro 716 100.0% 0 0.0% 716 D+100.0
Williamsburg 672 99.4% 4 0.6% 676 D+98.8
Fairfield 631 98.0% 11 1.7% 2 644 D+96.3
Clarendon 615 96.7% 20 3.1% 1 636 D+93.6
Marion 616 99.7% 2 0.3% 618 D+99.4
Dillon 598 99.5% 3 0.5% 601 D+99.0
Calhoun 593 99.0% 5 0.8% 1 599 D+98.2
McCormick 520 94.4% 15 2.7% 16 551 D+91.7
Berkeley 501 95.1% 26 4.9% 527 D+90.1
Allendale 450 97.0% 14 3.0% 464 D+94.0
Beaufort 365 83.3% 64 14.6% 9 438 D+68.7
Georgetown 134 83.8% 24 15.0% 2 160 D+68.8
Jasper 89 69.5% 39 30.5% 128 D+39.1

Counties as they stood in 1924; 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