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South Carolina

9 electoral votes

The state delayed reporting results until 8:15 p.m., after polling hours were extended at four locations that opened late.

Illustration of Joe Biden
Biden
43.4%
1,091,541
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Trump
55.1%
1,385,103
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U.S. Senate

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) is projected to defeat Jaime Harrison (D) and leads by 258,309 votes.

VotesPct.
GrahamGOP
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1,369,137
54.5%
HarrisonDEM1,110,828
44.2

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How much of the vote has been counted?

The Post estimates 99% of votes cast have been counted here.

100%

Polls closed (3 months ago)

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Note: Maps on this page won’t indicate a leading candidate in each county until an estimated 35 percent of the vote has been reported there.

Updated Nov 18, 2020 at 12:17 p.m. ET

Presidential results

In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won South Carolina by a margin of 14.3 points, adding nine electoral college votes to his total. See early exit poll results from South Carolina.

Charleston

Columbia

Greenville

Florence

LEAD/WON

Trump

Biden

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Donald Trump *Trump *GOP		1,385,10355.1%
Joe Biden Biden DEM		1,091,54143.4
Jo Jorgensen Jorgensen LIB		27,9161.1
Howie Hawkins Hawkins GRN		6,9070.3
Rocky De La Fuente De La Fuente ALI		1,8620.1
An estimated 99% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent
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U.S. Senate results

In the South Carolina U.S. Senate race, the incumbent Lindsey Graham (R) is running against Jaime Harrison (D). Graham has represented South Carolina in the Senate since 2003. The state's other Senate seat is held by Tim Scott (R).

Charleston

Columbia

Greenville

Florence

LEAD/WON

Graham

Harrison

CandidateVotes Pct.
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Lindsey Graham *Graham *GOP		1,369,13754.5%
Jaime Harrison Harrison DEM		1,110,82844.2
Bill Bledsoe Bledsoe CST		32,8451.3
An estimated 99% of votes have been counted.
* Incumbent

U.S. House results

Charleston

Columbia

Greenville

Florence

LEAD/WON

Democrat

Republican

Seat

Current leader

* Incumbent

Results by state

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Sources: Edison Research, Associated Press, ProPublica, U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics, Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, Cook Political Report. Illustrations by Ben Kirchner for The Washington Post.