Election 1996 Results
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1996 presidential election in South Carolina
Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in South Carolina in 1996, 49.8% to 44.0%, a margin of 5.8 points and 67,175 votes.
South Carolina voted 14.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.
The Republican hold continued from 1992, when George H. W. Bush won.
Democrats led in 24 of the 46 counties and Republicans in 22. The largest, Greenville, cast 120,420 votes and went to the Republican by 24.6 points. The closest was Edgefield, where 64 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Dole won | Republican | 573,458 | 49.8% |
| Bill Clinton | Democratic | 506,283 | 44.0% |
| Ross Perot | Reform | 64,386 | 5.6% |
| All other candidates | 7,562 | 0.7% | |
| Total | 1,151,689 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 41,605 34.5% | 71,210 59.1% | 7,605 | 120,420 | R+24.6 |
| Charleston | 43,571 45.1% | 48,675 50.3% | 4,442 | 96,688 | R+5.3 |
| Richland | 52,222 54.8% | 39,092 41.1% | 3,916 | 95,230 | D+13.8 |
| Spartanburg | 26,814 39.9% | 35,972 53.5% | 4,410 | 67,196 | R+13.6 |
| Lexington | 18,907 30.1% | 39,658 63.2% | 4,155 | 62,720 | R+33.1 |
| Horry | 23,722 43.4% | 26,159 47.9% | 4,772 | 54,653 | R+4.5 |
| Anderson | 17,460 38.1% | 24,137 52.7% | 4,172 | 45,769 | R+14.6 |
| Aiken | 14,314 33.2% | 26,539 61.6% | 2,221 | 43,074 | R+28.4 |
| York | 16,873 39.7% | 22,222 52.3% | 3,428 | 42,523 | R+12.6 |
| Florence | 15,804 43.8% | 18,490 51.3% | 1,776 | 36,070 | R+7.4 |
| Berkeley | 13,358 40.2% | 17,691 53.2% | 2,193 | 33,242 | R+13.0 |
| Beaufort | 13,532 40.8% | 17,575 53.0% | 2,055 | 33,162 | R+12.2 |
| Orangeburg | 18,610 61.4% | 10,494 34.6% | 1,211 | 30,315 | D+26.8 |
| Pickens | 8,369 30.0% | 17,151 61.5% | 2,380 | 27,900 | R+31.5 |
| Dorchester | 9,931 36.8% | 15,283 56.6% | 1,773 | 26,987 | R+19.8 |
| Sumter | 12,198 48.0% | 12,080 47.6% | 1,114 | 25,392 | D+0.5 |
| Oconee | 7,398 37.1% | 10,503 52.6% | 2,051 | 19,952 | R+15.6 |
| Darlington | 8,943 49.2% | 8,220 45.2% | 1,031 | 18,194 | D+4.0 |
| Greenwood | 8,193 45.1% | 8,865 48.8% | 1,105 | 18,163 | R+3.7 |
| Lancaster | 8,752 48.7% | 7,544 42.0% | 1,661 | 17,957 | D+6.7 |
| Laurens | 7,055 42.6% | 8,057 48.7% | 1,435 | 16,547 | R+6.1 |
| Kershaw | 6,764 41.4% | 8,513 52.1% | 1,077 | 16,354 | R+10.7 |
| Georgetown | 8,298 50.7% | 7,023 42.9% | 1,031 | 16,352 | D+7.8 |
| Cherokee | 5,821 42.7% | 6,689 49.0% | 1,129 | 13,639 | R+6.4 |
| Williamsburg | 6,987 61.5% | 3,957 34.8% | 413 | 11,357 | D+26.7 |
| Newberry | 4,804 42.8% | 5,670 50.5% | 758 | 11,232 | R+7.7 |
| Chesterfield | 5,734 54.3% | 4,028 38.1% | 807 | 10,569 | D+16.1 |
| Marion | 6,359 60.8% | 3,595 34.4% | 497 | 10,451 | D+26.4 |
| Colleton | 5,329 51.2% | 4,462 42.9% | 610 | 10,401 | D+8.3 |
| Clarendon | 5,930 58.1% | 3,841 37.7% | 427 | 10,198 | D+20.5 |
| Union | 5,407 53.8% | 3,855 38.3% | 793 | 10,055 | D+15.4 |
| Chester | 5,108 56.3% | 3,157 34.8% | 807 | 9,072 | D+21.5 |
| Marlboro | 5,348 66.6% | 2,148 26.8% | 531 | 8,027 | D+39.9 |
| Barnwell | 3,620 46.6% | 3,808 49.0% | 346 | 7,774 | R+2.4 |
| Edgefield | 3,576 47.8% | 3,640 48.6% | 270 | 7,486 | R+0.9 |
| Fairfield | 4,719 63.1% | 2,414 32.3% | 343 | 7,476 | D+30.8 |
| Hampton | 4,828 66.0% | 2,111 28.9% | 378 | 7,317 | D+37.1 |
| Abbeville | 3,493 49.2% | 3,054 43.0% | 553 | 7,100 | D+6.2 |
| Dillon | 3,992 56.5% | 2,774 39.3% | 295 | 7,061 | D+17.2 |
| Jasper | 4,053 62.7% | 2,024 31.3% | 391 | 6,468 | D+31.4 |
| Lee | 3,588 60.7% | 1,973 33.4% | 347 | 5,908 | D+27.3 |
| Saluda | 2,486 43.6% | 2,825 49.6% | 389 | 5,700 | R+5.9 |
| Calhoun | 2,716 48.5% | 2,520 45.0% | 362 | 5,598 | D+3.5 |
| Bamberg | 3,380 63.6% | 1,715 32.3% | 217 | 5,312 | D+31.3 |
| Allendale | 2,222 67.9% | 941 28.8% | 110 | 3,273 | D+39.1 |
| McCormick | 1,858 59.5% | 1,104 35.4% | 161 | 3,123 | D+24.1 |
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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |