South Carolina

South Carolina is a solid RED state that Trump won in 2016, 2020 and 2024. The Senate race is solidly RED, as are all House Districts apart from SC-6, which has been solidly BLUE but is now categorized as PURPLE.

Senate Race

This is a Red state. No matter how you vote, the Republican is going to win this Senate seat! Therefore you are safe voting for a third-party candidate without risking the outcome of this election.

Recent Polling for 2026 Senate race (if available):

Status	date	Democrat	Republican	other/don't know	%gap
RED	1-Mar	42%	47%	11%	R+5%

Source: 270towin.com; realclearpolling.com; racetothewh.com.

Results of recent Senate races:

year	Republican votes	Democrat/Independent votes	Margin	%margin
2022	1,066,274	627,616	438,658	25.9%
2020	1,369,137	1,110,828	258,309	10.4%

And if you normally would vote Democrat, you can swap your vote to encourage someone to vote Democrat in a state where it really does matter.

STRATEGIC VOTING RECOMMENDATION:

Vote third party and swap your vote with a voter in a purple state. You are thereby increasing the chances of a Democrat-controlled Senate even though you are not voting Democrat in your own state.

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House Races

For information on House races and our strategic voting recommendations, click on your US Congressional District below:

Presidential Election – 2028

Latest Opinion Polling Results in South Carolina:

state	STATUS	Trump	Harris	other/DK	% gap	date
South Carolina	RED	53.5%	42%	4.5%	11.5%	Oct-27

Source: 270toWin polling averages by state: https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-election-polls/

Voting Results in the 2024 Election:

Trump votes	Harris votes	won by	%gap
1,483,747	1,028,452	455,295	17.87%

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election

Voting Results in 2020 Election:

Trump	Biden	Won by	% gap
1,385,103	1,091,541	293,562	11.7%

Source: Federal Election Commission https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections2020.pdf

Voting Results in 2016 Election:

Trump	Clinton	Won by:	% gap
1,155,389	855,373	300,016	14.9%

Source: US Census Bureau, Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2016
https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-580.html

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