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Election 1984 Results

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1984 US Senate election in South Carolina

Strom Thurmond (Republican) beat Melvin Purvis (Democrat) in South Carolina in 1984, 66.8% to 31.8%, a margin of 35.0 points and 337,833 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1978, when Strom Thurmond also won.

Republicans led in 45 of the 46 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Greenville, cast 91,664 votes and went to the Republican by 49.5 points. The closest was Fairfield, where 21 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
Strom Thurmond won Republican 644,815 66.8%
Melvin Purvis Democratic 306,982 31.8%
All other candidates 13,333 1.4%
Total965,130

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 22,525 24.6% 67,889 74.1% 1,250 91,664 R+49.5
Charleston 27,339 31.7% 56,973 66.0% 1,962 86,274 R+34.3
Richland 29,867 35.8% 51,918 62.2% 1,679 83,464 R+26.4
Spartanburg 17,423 28.8% 41,488 68.5% 1,632 60,543 R+39.7
Lexington 7,433 15.1% 40,907 83.3% 741 49,081 R+68.2
Aiken 9,032 24.4% 27,529 74.3% 473 37,034 R+49.9
Florence 13,839 38.1% 22,087 60.9% 365 36,291 R+22.7
Anderson 9,939 29.0% 23,911 69.7% 439 34,289 R+40.7
Horry 8,456 25.8% 23,943 73.2% 326 32,725 R+47.3
York 8,776 29.3% 20,762 69.4% 371 29,909 R+40.1
Orangeburg 14,476 49.7% 14,517 49.8% 131 29,124 R+0.1
Berkeley 8,294 30.9% 18,388 68.5% 178 26,860 R+37.6
Sumter 8,953 40.1% 13,218 59.2% 172 22,343 R+19.1
Dorchester 6,125 28.0% 15,574 71.3% 148 21,847 R+43.3
Beaufort 5,620 27.6% 14,482 71.2% 246 20,348 R+43.6
Pickens 4,018 19.8% 15,991 78.7% 301 20,310 R+59.0
Darlington 6,351 36.6% 10,644 61.3% 364 17,359 R+24.7
Greenwood 5,365 32.2% 11,078 66.5% 227 16,670 R+34.3
Lancaster 4,838 30.6% 10,819 68.5% 132 15,789 R+37.9
Laurens 4,406 30.4% 10,005 68.9% 106 14,517 R+38.6
Georgetown 5,934 42.8% 7,716 55.6% 218 13,868 R+12.8
Kershaw 3,831 28.1% 9,586 70.4% 203 13,620 R+42.3
Williamsburg 6,301 47.9% 6,805 51.7% 59 13,165 R+3.8
Oconee 3,292 25.5% 9,380 72.7% 233 12,905 R+47.2
Cherokee 3,457 28.1% 8,749 71.0% 110 12,316 R+43.0
Colleton 4,097 37.3% 6,818 62.1% 57 10,972 R+24.8
Newberry 3,289 30.3% 7,481 69.0% 73 10,843 R+38.7
Clarendon 4,767 46.0% 5,500 53.0% 104 10,371 R+7.1
Union 3,445 33.4% 6,770 65.7% 86 10,301 R+32.3
Chesterfield 3,735 38.3% 5,956 61.0% 73 9,764 R+22.7
Marion 3,865 44.1% 4,853 55.4% 41 8,759 R+11.3
Chester 3,243 39.5% 4,864 59.3% 100 8,207 R+19.8
Dillon 2,844 37.2% 4,716 61.7% 80 7,640 R+24.5
Marlboro 3,076 41.2% 4,324 58.0% 60 7,460 R+16.7
Lee 3,389 46.6% 3,810 52.3% 79 7,278 R+5.8
Fairfield 3,508 49.7% 3,487 49.4% 64 7,059 D+0.3
Barnwell 2,323 33.4% 4,590 66.0% 40 6,953 R+32.6
Hampton 3,183 46.0% 3,689 53.3% 45 6,917 R+7.3
Abbeville 2,440 37.2% 4,056 61.8% 62 6,558 R+24.6
Jasper 3,117 48.2% 3,279 50.7% 66 6,462 R+2.5
Edgefield 2,682 43.5% 3,438 55.7% 49 6,169 R+12.3
Bamberg 2,288 41.7% 3,155 57.5% 42 5,485 R+15.8
Saluda 1,467 28.5% 3,628 70.5% 52 5,147 R+42.0
Calhoun 1,539 34.6% 2,865 64.5% 39 4,443 R+29.8
Allendale 1,620 47.0% 1,791 52.0% 36 3,447 R+5.0
McCormick 1,175 45.5% 1,386 53.7% 19 2,580 R+8.2

Counties as they stood in 1984; 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