2026 results · South Carolina · South Carolina Superintendent of Education
Ellen Weaver, the Republican, is elected South Carolina Superintendent of Education
Donald Trump carried South Carolina by 17.9 points in 2024; this year's count is a 15.1-point move toward the Democrats.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen WeaverRepublican | 1,032,516 | 51.0% | |
| Sylvia WrightDemocrat | 976,406 | 48.2% | |
| Baba Amin OjuokIndependent | 15,494 | 0.8% | |
| Write-in | 1,275 | 0.1% |
Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:24 AM EST · 99% counted.
About 99% of the expected vote counted2,025,691 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 15.1 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 79% as many votes as in 2024, from 95% in Jasper County to 71% in Cherokee County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.43).
Spartanburg County moved most: R+33.6 for president in 2024, R+11.5 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 43,548 net votes for Wright against the 2024 margin, 11% of the statewide change
Across the 46 counties compared, the margin moved by 399,185 votes toward Wright: 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+43,548 Wright
- Spartanburg County+38,700 Wright
- Horry County+33,444 Wright
- Lexington County+29,564 Wright
- York County+24,661 Wright
- Anderson County+23,669 Wright
- Berkeley County+21,240 Wright
- Pickens County+15,015 Wright
9 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Wright this year
Striped on the map above. Largest first.
- Berkeley CountyR+16.3D+3.2
- Dorchester CountyR+14.6D+2.8
- Florence CountyR+8.0D+9.3
- Darlington CountyR+13.3D+4.5
- Clarendon CountyR+12.3D+1.2
- Chester CountyR+17.2D+2.4
- Dillon CountyR+10.8D+5.9
- Barnwell CountyR+15.5D+1.0
- Calhoun CountyR+14.3D+0.4
How the vote came in
Wright did best among failsafe votes (D+36.0) and Weaver among Election Day votes(R+22.7).
- Early Voting1,029,645 votes, 51% of the countD+14.2
- Election Day949,707 votes, 47% of the countR+22.7
- Absentee By Mail42,859 votes, 2% of the countD+29.5
- Provisional1,565 votes, 0% of the countD+16.8
- Failsafe1,205 votes, 0% of the countD+36.0
- Failsafe Provisional710 votes, 0% of the countD+10.7
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.