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Election 1918 Results

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1918 US Senate election in South Carolina

Nathaniel B. Dial (Democrat) won in South Carolina in 1918 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party.

William P. Pollock (Democrat) won in South Carolina in 1918 with 100.0% of the vote and no opponent from the other main party. (This was a special election.)

Democrats led in 45 of the 45 counties as they stood then. The largest, Spartanburg, cast 1,768 votes and went to the Democrat by 100.0 points. The closest was Jasper, where 94 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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nathaniel B. Dial won	Democratic	25,792	100.0%
Total		25,792

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William P. Pollock won	Democratic	25,733	100.0%
Total		25,733

Every county

County	Democrat	Total	Margin
Spartanburg	1,768 100.0%	1,768	D+100.0
Richland	1,342 100.0%	1,342	D+100.0
Orangeburg	1,313 100.0%	1,313	D+100.0
Florence	1,070 100.0%	1,070	D+100.0
Charleston	982 100.0%	982	D+100.0
Lexington	977 100.0%	977	D+100.0
Laurens	973 100.0%	973	D+100.0
Newberry	810 100.0%	810	D+100.0
Aiken	808 100.0%	808	D+100.0
Greenville	709 100.0%	709	D+100.0
Anderson	694 100.0%	694	D+100.0
Greenwood	692 100.0%	692	D+100.0
Chesterfield	679 100.0%	679	D+100.0
Lancaster	667 100.0%	667	D+100.0
Saluda	643 100.0%	643	D+100.0
Union	620 100.0%	620	D+100.0
Colleton	596 100.0%	596	D+100.0
Edgefield	551 100.0%	551	D+100.0
Cherokee	543 100.0%	543	D+100.0
Oconee	526 100.0%	526	D+100.0
Chester	519 100.0%	519	D+100.0
York	516 100.0%	516	D+100.0
Hampton	500 100.0%	500	D+100.0
Bamberg	481 100.0%	481	D+100.0
Horry	466 100.0%	466	D+100.0
Marion	452 100.0%	452	D+100.0
Sumter	440 100.0%	440	D+100.0
Williamsburg	440 100.0%	440	D+100.0
Barnwell	427 100.0%	427	D+100.0
Darlington	391 100.0%	391	D+100.0
Calhoun	386 100.0%	386	D+100.0
Kershaw	363 100.0%	363	D+100.0
Marlboro	360 100.0%	360	D+100.0
Fairfield	353 100.0%	353	D+100.0
Pickens	352 100.0%	352	D+100.0
McCormick	325 100.0%	325	D+100.0
Lee	312 100.0%	312	D+100.0
Abbeville	303 100.0%	303	D+100.0
Dorchester	300 100.0%	300	D+100.0
Clarendon	297 100.0%	297	D+100.0
Dillon	244 100.0%	244	D+100.0
Georgetown	204 100.0%	204	D+100.0
Berkeley	153 100.0%	153	D+100.0
Beaufort	151 100.0%	151	D+100.0
Jasper	94 100.0%	94	D+100.0

Counties as they stood in 1918; 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 Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2022	Tim Scott (R)	R+25.9
2020	Lindsey Graham (R)	R+10.3
2016	Tim Scott (R)	R+23.6
2014	Lindsey Graham (R)	R+15.5
2010	Jim DeMint (R)	R+33.8
2008	Lindsey Graham (R)	R+15.3
2004	Jim Demint (R)	R+9.6
2002	Lindsey O. Graham (R)	R+10.2
1998	Ernest F. Hollings (D)	D+7.0
1996	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+9.4
1992	Ernest F. Hollings (D)	D+3.1
1990	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+31.7
1986	Ernest Fritz Hollings (D)	D+27.5
1984	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+35.0
1980	Ernest Fritz Hollings (D)	D+40.7
1978	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+11.4
1974	Ernest F. Hollings (D)	D+40.9
1972	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+26.6
1968	Ernest F. Hollings (D)	D+23.8
1966	Strom Thurmond (R)	R+24.4
1962	Olin D. Johnston (D)	D+14.3
1960	Strom Thurmond (D)	D+100.0
1956	Olin D. Johnston (D)	D+64.5
1954	Strom Thurmond (other)
1950	Olin D. Johnston (D)	D+99.9
1948	Burnet R. Maybank (D)	D+92.9
1944	Olin D. Johnston (D)	D+89.2
1942	Burnet R. Maybank (D)	D+100.0
1938	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+97.8
1936	James F. Byrnes (D)	D+97.7
1932	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+96.3
1930	James F. Byrnes (D)	D+100.0
1926	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+100.0
1924	Coleman L. Blease (D)	D+100.0
1920	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+100.0
1918	Nathaniel B. Dial (D)	D+100.0
1914	Cotton Ed Smith (D)	D+99.8