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'''Elections in South Carolina''' are held to fill various local, state and federal seats. [[By-election|Special elections]] may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time.

In a 2020 study, South Carolina was ranked as the 7th-hardest state for citizens to vote in, based on registration and identification requirements, and convenience provisions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=J. Pomante II |first1=Michael |last2=Li |first2=Quan |title=Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020 |journal=Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy |date=15 Dec 2020 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=503–509 |doi=10.1089/elj.2020.0666 |s2cid=225139517 |url=https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/elj.2020.0666 |access-date=14 January 2022|doi-access=free }}</ref>

==Recent elections==

===1996 elections===
*[[1996 United States presidential election in South Carolina]]
*[[1996 United States Senate election in South Carolina]]
*[[1996 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]

===1998 elections===
*[[1998 United States Senate election in South Carolina]]
*[[1998 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]
*[[1998 South Carolina gubernatorial election]]

===2000 elections===
*[[2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina]]
*[[2000 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]

===2002 elections===
*[[2002 United States Senate election in South Carolina]]
*[[2002 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]
*[[2002 South Carolina gubernatorial election]]

===2004 elections===
*[[2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina]]
*[[2004 United States Senate election in South Carolina]]
*[[2004 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]

===2006 elections===
*[[2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]
*[[2006 South Carolina gubernatorial election]]
*[[2006 South Carolina state elections|2006 state elections]]

===2008 elections===
* [[2008 South Carolina elections]]
** [[2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina]]
*** [[2008 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary|2008 Democratic primary]] 
*** [[2008 South Carolina Republican presidential primary|2008 Republican primary]]
** [[2008 United States Senate election in South Carolina]]
** [[2008 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]

===2010 elections===
* [[2010 South Carolina elections]]
**[[2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]
**[[2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina]]
**[[2010 South Carolina gubernatorial election]]

===2012 elections===
* [[2012 South Carolina elections]]
**[[2012 United States presidential election in South Carolina]]
*** [[2012 United States presidential election in South Carolina#Republican primary|2012 Republican primary]]
**[[2012 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]

===2014 elections===
* [[2014 South Carolina elections]]
**[[2014 United States Senate election in South Carolina]]
**[[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]
**[[2014 South Carolina gubernatorial election]]

===2016 elections===
*[[United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2016]]
** [[2016 South Carolina Democratic presidential primary|2016 Democratic primary]] 
** [[2016 South Carolina Republican presidential primary|2016 Republican primary]]
*[[2016 United States Senate election in South Carolina]]
*[[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]

===2017 elections===
* [[2017 South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election]]

===2018 elections===
*[[2018 South Carolina elections]]
**[[2018 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]
**[[2018 South Carolina gubernatorial election]]

=== 2020 elections ===
* [[2020 South Carolina elections]]
** [[2020 United States presidential election in South Carolina]]
** [[2020 United States Senate election in South Carolina]]
** [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]

=== 2022 elections ===
* [[:Category:2022 South Carolina elections|2022 South Carolina elections]]
** [[2022 United States Senate election in South Carolina|United States Senate election in South Carolina, 2022]]
** [[2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election]]
** [[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]

=== 2024 elections ===
* [[2024 South Carolina elections]]
** [[2024 United States presidential election in South Carolina]]
** [[2024 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina]]

==Presidential elections through history==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Historical presidential elections in South Carolina.
!Election 
!Candidate 
!Party 
!Election<br>
winner?
!Electoral <br>
Votes 
|-
|[[1788–89 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1788]]
|[[George Washington]]
|{{Party shading/Independent}}|''None''
|{{aye}} 
|7
|-
|[[1792 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1792]]
|[[George Washington]]
| {{Party shading/Independent}}|''None''
|{{aye}}
|rowspan=3|8
|-
|[[1796 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1796]]
|[[Thomas Jefferson]]
|{{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1800 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1800]]
|[[Thomas Jefferson]]
|{{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1804 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1804]]
|[[Thomas Jefferson]]
|{{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|rowspan=2|10
|-
|[[1808 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1808]]
|[[James Madison]]
|{{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1812 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1812]]
|[[James Madison]]
|{{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|rowspan=8|11
|-
|[[1816 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1816]]
|[[James Monroe]]
|{{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1820 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1820]]
|[[James Monroe]]
|{{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1824 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1824]]
|[[Andrew Jackson]]
|{{party shading/Democratic-Republican}}|[[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1828 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1828]]
|[[Andrew Jackson]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1832 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1832]]
|[[John Floyd (Virginia politician)|John Floyd]]
|{{Party shading/Nullifier}}|[[Nullifier Party|Nullifier]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1836 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1836]]
|[[Willie Person Mangum|Willie Mangum]]
|{{Party shading/Whig}}|[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1840 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1840]]
|[[Martin Van Buren]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1844 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1844]]
|[[James K. Polk]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|rowspan=2|9
|-
|[[1848 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1848]]
|[[Lewis Cass]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1852 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1852]]
|[[Franklin Pierce]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|rowspan=3|8
|-
|[[1856 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1856]]
|[[James Buchanan]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1860 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1860]]
|[[John C. Breckinridge]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|1864
| colspan=3 {{Party shading/Independent}}|[[United States Civil War]]
|0
|-
|[[1868 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1868]]
|[[Ulysses S. Grant]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|6
|-
|[[1872 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1872]]
|[[Ulysses S. Grant]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|rowspan=3|7
|-
|[[1876 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1876]]
|[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1880 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1880]]
|[[Winfield S. Hancock]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1884 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1884]]
|[[Grover Cleveland]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|rowspan=12|9
|-
|[[1888 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1888]]
|[[Grover Cleveland]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1892 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1892]]
|[[Grover Cleveland]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1896]]
|[[William Jennings Bryan]]
|{{party shading/Populist}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Populist]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1900 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1900]]
|[[William Jennings Bryan]]
|{{party shading/Populist}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Populist]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1904 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1900]]
|[[Alton B. Parker]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1908 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1908]]
|[[William Jennings Bryan]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1912 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1912]]
|[[Woodrow Wilson]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1916 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1916]]
|[[Woodrow Wilson]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1920 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1920]]
|[[James M. Cox]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1924 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1924]]
|[[John W. Davis]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1928 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1928]]
|[[Alfred E. Smith]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1932 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1932]]
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|rowspan=20|8
|-
|[[1936 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1936]]
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1940]]
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1944 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1944]]
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1948 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1948]]
|[[Strom Thurmond]]
|{{Party shading/Dixiecrat}}|[[Dixiecrat|States' Rights Democrat]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1952 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1952]]
|[[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1956 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1956]]
|[[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1960 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1960]]
|[[John F. Kennedy]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1964 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1964]]
|[[Barry Goldwater]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1968 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1968]]
|[[Richard Nixon]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1972 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1972]]
|[[Richard Nixon]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1976 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1976]]
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|{{party shading/Democratic}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1980 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1980]]
|[[Ronald Reagan]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1984]]
|[[Ronald Reagan]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1988 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1988]]
|[[George H. W. Bush]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[1992 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1992]]
|[[George H. W. Bush]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[1996 United States presidential election in South Carolina|1996]]
|[[Bob Dole]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[2000 United States presidential election in South Carolina|2000]]
|[[George W. Bush]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[2004 United States presidential election in South Carolina|2004]]
|[[George W. Bush]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina|2008]]
|[[John McCain]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[2012 United States presidential election in South Carolina|2012]]
|[[Mitt Romney]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{nay}}
|rowspan=4|9
|-
|[[2016 United States presidential election in South Carolina|2016]]
|[[Donald Trump]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|-
|[[2020 United States presidential election in South Carolina|2020]]
|[[Donald Trump]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{nay}}
|-
|[[2024 United States presidential election in South Carolina|2024]]
|[[Donald Trump]]
|{{party shading/Republican}}|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{aye}}
|}

==See also==
*[[Political party strength in South Carolina]]
*[[South Carolina gubernatorial elections]]
*[[United States presidential elections in South Carolina]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{citation |url=https://www.scvotes.gov |author=South Carolina State Election Commission |title= SCVotes.gov }}
* {{citation |url=https://sc.gov/government/voting-and-elections |work=Sc.gov |title=Voting and Elections |publisher=State of South Carolina }}
*{{Ballotpedia|South_Carolina|South Carolina}}
* {{citation |author= [[Government Documents Round Table]] of the American Library Association |work=Voting & Elections Toolkits |url= https://godort.libguides.com/votingtoolkit/southcarolina |title= South Carolina }}
* {{citation |work=[[Vote.org]] |location=Oakland, CA |url= https://www.vote.org/state/south-carolina/ |title= South Carolina: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links }}
* {{cite web |title= League of Women Voters of South Carolina |url= https://www.lwv.org/local-leagues/find-local-league }} (State affiliate of the U.S. [[League of Women Voters]])
* {{citation |title=State Elections Legislation Database |quote= State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020 |url= https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/elections-legislation-database.aspx |publisher=[[National Conference of State Legislatures]] |work=Ncsl.org |location=Washington, D.C. }}

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