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Election 1944 Results

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1944 US Senate election in South Carolina

Olin D. Johnston (Democrat) beat James B. Gaston (Republican) in South Carolina in 1944, 92.9% to 3.7%, a margin of 89.2 points and 90,749 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1938, when Cotton Ed Smith won.

Democrats led in 46 of the 46 counties as they stood then. The largest, Spartanburg, cast 8,815 votes and went to the Democrat by 90.5 points. The closest was McCormick, where 348 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Olin D. Johnston won Democratic 94,556 92.9%
James B. Gaston Republican 3,807 3.7%
All other candidates 3,373 3.3%
Total101,736

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Spartanburg 8,376 95.0% 402 4.6% 37 8,815 D+90.5
Charleston 6,552 76.3% 1,036 12.1% 1,003 8,591 D+64.2
Greenville 7,406 93.2% 465 5.8% 79 7,950 D+87.3
Richland 6,642 93.9% 157 2.2% 277 7,076 D+91.6
Florence 3,074 87.8% 128 3.7% 299 3,501 D+84.1
Chesterfield 3,181 97.5% 14 0.4% 66 3,261 D+97.1
Union 3,131 98.9% 33 1.0% 2 3,166 D+97.9
Anderson 2,889 97.1% 85 2.9% 2 2,976 D+94.2
York 2,699 95.5% 126 4.5% 2 2,827 D+91.0
Horry 2,572 95.4% 110 4.1% 13 2,695 D+91.4
Orangeburg 2,475 92.4% 80 3.0% 123 2,678 D+89.4
Aiken 2,554 96.7% 51 1.9% 37 2,642 D+94.7
Lancaster 2,516 99.5% 13 0.5% 2,529 D+99.0
Sumter 2,048 85.8% 73 3.1% 267 2,388 D+82.7
Greenwood 2,381 100.0% 0 0.0% 2,381 D+100.0
Lexington 2,114 98.6% 28 1.3% 2 2,144 D+97.3
Laurens 2,021 98.1% 39 1.9% 2,060 D+96.2
Colleton 1,806 90.9% 38 1.9% 143 1,987 D+89.0
Kershaw 1,795 91.0% 21 1.1% 156 1,972 D+90.0
Newberry 1,878 95.8% 74 3.8% 9 1,961 D+92.0
Darlington 1,808 92.6% 45 2.3% 99 1,952 D+90.3
Pickens 1,745 92.5% 140 7.4% 2 1,887 D+85.1
Cherokee 1,625 94.6% 58 3.4% 35 1,718 D+91.2
Dorchester 1,507 91.8% 51 3.1% 83 1,641 D+88.7
Chester 1,564 97.6% 38 2.4% 1,602 D+95.3
Oconee 1,362 93.0% 101 6.9% 1 1,464 D+86.1
Georgetown 1,149 81.6% 52 3.7% 207 1,408 D+77.9
Barnwell 1,387 99.4% 0 0.0% 8 1,395 D+99.4
Williamsburg 1,256 97.6% 26 2.0% 5 1,287 D+95.6
Clarendon 1,225 95.8% 27 2.1% 27 1,279 D+93.7
Saluda 1,067 98.8% 13 1.2% 1,080 D+97.6
Dillon 1,006 96.3% 20 1.9% 19 1,045 D+94.4
Bamberg 929 89.2% 106 10.2% 6 1,041 D+79.1
Marlboro 893 90.9% 34 3.5% 55 982 D+87.5
Marion 911 99.0% 9 1.0% 920 D+98.0
Lee 805 92.3% 57 6.5% 10 872 D+85.8
Hampton 824 97.1% 22 2.6% 3 849 D+94.5
Abbeville 800 97.7% 19 2.3% 819 D+95.4
Beaufort 571 73.5% 103 13.3% 103 777 D+60.2
Edgefield 730 100.0% 0 0.0% 730 D+100.0
Berkeley 671 94.6% 31 4.4% 7 709 D+90.3
Fairfield 674 95.5% 13 1.8% 19 706 D+93.6
Calhoun 662 98.7% 1 0.1% 8 671 D+98.5
Allendale 493 98.4% 8 1.6% 501 D+96.8
Jasper 433 96.0% 18 4.0% 451 D+92.0
McCormick 349 99.7% 1 0.3% 350 D+99.4

Counties as they stood in 1944; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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