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1876–2024
Greenville County, South Carolina
Greenville County·South Carolina

Greenville County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.

Upstate's largest county tilts reliably right despite rapid growth

18762024·38 elections
Greenville County, South Carolina · Antony-22 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+22
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
548,166
2024 ACS
Most similar
Hanover County
VA · similarity 1.00
151 precincts · 263,316 votes cast
Trump · R+22
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−22.2%
100,074158,541263,316
2020R
−18.2%
103,030150,021258,155
2016R
−24.8%
74,483127,832215,165
2012R
−27.8%
68,070121,685193,189
2008R
−23.9%
70,886116,363190,657
2004R
−33.2%
55,347111,481168,833
2000R
−34.9%
43,81092,714140,293
1996R
−24.6%
41,60571,210120,420
1992R
−26.7%
34,65165,066113,907
1988R
−42.2%
27,18867,37195,126
1984R
−46.7%
24,13766,76691,369
1980R
−17.5%
32,13546,16880,415
1976R
−4.2%
35,94339,09975,981
1972R
−62.2%
10,14346,36058,229
1968R
−31.3%
12,92831,65259,821
1964R
−25.9%
17,27529,35846,633
1960R
−23.7%
13,97622,65736,633
1956D
+3.9%
11,81910,75227,193
1952R
−8.8%
14,86317,74332,606
1948D
+20.6%
2,7457899,474
1944D
+79.0%
7,1077118,094
1940D
+88.1%
8,1185148,632
1936D
+98.9%
8,31008,402
1932D
+98.4%
7,93008,058
1928D
+76.5%
4,1165464,664
1924D
+95.8%
3,728593,829
1920D
+93.7%
4,4091444,553
1916D
+94.3%
3,384813,501
1912D
+98.3%
3,14003,195
1908D
+87.0%
2,7741762,985
1904D
+94.8%
2,489662,555
1900D
+94.8%
1,777471,824
1896D
+79.9%
2,7182883,041
1892D
+65.8%
3,0266003,686
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
12.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
20.5%
Other Christian
13.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.9%
Methodist
4.7%
Mainline Protestant
4.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.3%
Non-Christian
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Greenville County anchors South Carolina's Upstate manufacturing and tech corridor, and despite absorbing tens of thousands of new residents over the past decade, its presidential margins have held steady in the low-to-mid twenties for Republicans.

The shift began with civil rights. 1960 marked the realignment in Greenville County, by a twenty-four points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-two points.

The political shift has tracked, in Greenville County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 67% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $76,932, and a 11% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hanover County and Escambia County.