2024 United States presidential election in South Carolina

2024 United States presidential election in South Carolina

November 5, 2024
Turnout76.76% 4.7%
 
Nominee Donald Trump Kamala Harris
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Florida California
Running mate JD Vance Tim Walz
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 1,483,747 1,028,452
Percentage 58.23% 40.36%


President before election

Joe Biden
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2024 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. South Carolina voters choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of South Carolina has nine electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Prior to the election, almost all major news organizations considered South Carolina a safe red state; the state has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980, including by double-digit margins since 2012.

South Carolina voted for Trump by a comfortable margin in the election, with him winning the state by 17.9%. Trump received more than 1.48 million votes, which was a record for votes cast for any candidate in the history of South Carolina. This was the largest Republican win in the state since 1988.