2026 results · South Carolina · South Carolina Secretary of State
Mark Hammond, the Republican, is elected South Carolina Secretary of State, a Republican hold
Donald Trump carried South Carolina by 17.9 points in 2024; this year's count is a 11.9-point move toward the Democrats.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark HammondRepublican | 1,073,652 | 53.0% | |
| Jason BeltonDemocrat | 952,186 | 47.0% | |
| Write-in | 961 | 0.1% |
Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:24 AM EST · 99% counted.
About 99% of the expected vote counted2,026,799 votes46 of 46 counties finishedCount last changed Nov 6, 6:25 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 6:29 PM ESTSource: South Carolina Election Commission
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What moved most
Scroll through South Carolina, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.
What the count shows
Added together, the 46 counties compared moved 11.9 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 80% as many votes as in 2024, from 95% in Jasper County to 71% in Marlboro County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.44).
Spartanburg County moved most: R+33.6 for president in 2024, R+16.3 this year
The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.
2024 president 2026
Greenville County added 35,148 net votes for Belton against the 2024 margin, 11% of the statewide change
Across the 46 counties compared, the margin moved by 333,829 votes toward Belton: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.
- Greenville County+35,148 Belton
- Spartanburg County+32,916 Belton
- Horry County+31,372 Belton
- Lexington County+23,743 Belton
- Anderson County+21,173 Belton
- York County+21,082 Belton
- Berkeley County+17,959 Belton
- Aiken County+13,628 Belton
3 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Belton this year
Striped on the map above. Largest first.
- Florence CountyR+8.0D+6.6
- Darlington CountyR+13.3D+1.9
- Dillon CountyR+10.8D+4.1
How the vote came in
Belton did best among failsafe votes (D+34.0) and Hammond among Election Day votes(R+26.7).
- Early Voting1,029,886 votes, 51% of the countD+11.6
- Election Day950,514 votes, 47% of the countR+26.7
- Absentee By Mail42,907 votes, 2% of the countD+26.8
- Provisional1,577 votes, 0% of the countD+13.6
- Failsafe1,204 votes, 0% of the countD+34.0
- Failsafe Provisional711 votes, 0% of the countD+7.0
The office’s own categories, as it reports them. Margins are within each kind of vote.
What the places that moved have in common
Each of South Carolina’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.
Urban, suburban and rural counties
2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).
Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.
South Carolina’s ballot
The seat that changed party
StatewideRepublicans won 7 of South Carolina's 8 statewide races; Democrats won 1.
U.S. HouseBefore the election R 6–1, now R 5–2, counting the leaders in 2 uncalled seats
won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.
Every count on this page is the official count published by the South Carolina Election Commission. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.