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

McCormick County votes the way the country votes.

Clarks Hill Lake anchors a rural county where land and water shape the vote

18762024·38 elections
McCormick County, South Carolina · Farrargirl · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+17
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
9,760
2024 ACS
Most similar
Twiggs County
GA · similarity 0.98
11 precincts · 6,153 votes cast
Trump · R+17
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−17.1%
2,5133,5656,153
2020R
−4.8%
2,6872,9585,697
2016R
−3.3%
2,4792,6525,216
2012D
+3.6%
2,6532,4675,160
2008D
+6.1%
2,7552,4375,232
2004D
+4.9%
2,6482,3965,122
2000D
+5.2%
1,8961,7043,661
1996D
+24.1%
1,8581,1043,123
1992D
+31.0%
1,8468993,052
1988D
+18.9%
1,7221,1722,914
1984D
+12.5%
1,5261,1862,726
1980D
+37.5%
1,7747972,605
1976D
+46.7%
1,7746402,427
1972R
−21.2%
8441,3022,162
1968D
+23.6%
9884662,211
1964R
−30.7%
4989391,437
1960D
+32.4%
6803471,027
1956D
+44.1%
485102869
1952D
+3.9%
6245771,201
1948D
+4.0%
300743
1944D
+86.4%
3071354
1940D
+94.9%
41911430
1936D
+98.8%
6560664
1932D
+99.1%
5300535
1928D
+93.6%
61520636
1924D
+91.7%
52015551
1920D
+100.0%
5570557
1916D
+99.7%
6370639
1912
No data
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
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%
Polish
0.5%
African American
32.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Methodist
16.6%
Baptist
14.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.8%
Other Christian
6.8%
Mainline Protestant
3.0%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 48.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

McCormick County sits along the Georgia border wrapped around the Savannah River reservoir, with a population under 10,000 that voted Republican by 17 points in 2024 despite a substantial Black residential share that historically kept margins closer.

The Democratic margin in McCormick County has rarely exceeded 100 points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded thirty-one points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by seventeen points.

McCormick County's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a 18% poverty rate, and a median household income of $55,798 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Twiggs County and Jefferson County.