Map: How each South Carolina county voted in the 2024 presidential election

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — Former President Donald Trump won South Carolina on Tuesday for the third straight presidential election.

It was a decisive victory with Trump earning 58 percent of the vote to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 40 percent. The remainder of the vote was split between third-party candidates, though none garnered more than half a percent.

The result was unsurprising as South Carolinians have now supported a Republican for president in 14 of the last 15 elections. The sole exception came in 1976 when voters backed Jimmy Carter, the Democratic governor of neighboring Georgia.

Like many states, South Carolina has a winner-take-all system, meaning the candidate who finishes ahead is awarded all of the state’s nine electoral votes.

Here is a look at how each South Carolina county voted in the presidential contest:

Trump earned his largest margins of victory in South Carolina’s Upstate with Pickens County, Oconee County, and Cherokee County rounding out the top three.

How was voter turnout?

Millions of South Carolinians cast ballots for the 2024 election, whether it be during the two-week early voting period, by absentee, or on Election Day.

Of the state’s nearly 3.4 million registered voters, more than 2.5 million voted this year, indicating a turnout of about 76.5%.

That is a turnout increase of just over 4% compared to 2020 when 72.1% of registered voters cast a ballot in South Carolina.

Here’s how turnout looked in each county:

Only three of South Carolina’s 46 counties — Marion, Marlboro, and Richland — recorded less than 60% turnout for the 2024 general election.

McCormick County recorded the highest turnout at about 81.6%, followed by Georgetown County at about 81% and Lee County at about 80.8% voter turnout.