Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and South Carolina — a glance on the numbers

THE goal IS 270

107

number of days except the Nov. 8 common election

9

number of electoral votes that South Carolina has

270

number of electoral votes needed to be elected president

209-164

Democrat Hillary Clinton's electoral lead over Republican Donald Trump these days, according to real Clear Politics, according to state-by using-state polls

one hundred sixty five

actual Clear lists 12 states as toss-united states of americatoday. Voters in those states will decide the winner in November. they are: Arizona, eleven electoral votes; Florida, 26 electoral votes; Georgia, 16 electoral votes; Iowa, 6 electoral votes; Michigan, sixteen electoral votes; New Hampshire, 4 electoral votes; North Carolina, 15 electoral votes; Ohio, 18 electoral votes; Pennsylvania, 20 electoral votes; Virginia, electoral votes; and Wisconsin, 10 electoral votes. additionally, one vote in Maine, which divides its electoral votes by way of congressional district, is listed as a toss-up.

5

percent features

Trump's lead over Clinton, forty seven-42, in South Carolina, in accordance with a November poll. besides the fact that children, that ballot is terribly ancient. actual Clear lists South Carolina as leaning Trump. Most observers accept as true with South Carolina safely Republican.

CLINTON IN SC

272,379

variety of votes Clinton gained in South Carolina's four-candidate Democratic fundamental, held in February

370,904

variety of votes solid in the Democratic basic

seventy three%

Clinton's percent of the February vote, without difficulty beating Bernie Sanders, who won 26 p.c of the vote. One candidate on the ballot, Martin O'Malley, already had give up the race. a further barely campaigned in South Carolina. The win in South Carolina — the Democrats' fourth contest — proved to be turning aspect for Clinton in profitable the Democratic nomination. up to now, she narrowly had received Iowa and Nevada caucuses, and lost New Hampshire in a landslide.

39,332

Clinton's vote tally in Richland County, her strongest displaying — in complete normal votes — statewide. Clinton won seventy six % of the votes cast in Richland. She took a much better percentage in other counties — successful ninety one percent of the vote in Allendale and Clarendon counties, as an instance — but these counties had far fewer voters.

eight,847

Clinton's vote total in Lexington County, or sixty one % of the Democratic ballots cast. Lexington didn't rank in Clinton's good 5 in complete votes in South Carolina, trailing Charleston, 26,625 votes or sixty six percent; Greenville, 19,966 votes, or sixty four %; Orangeburg, eleven,872 votes, or 89 percent; and Horry, eleven,316, or sixty seven p.c.

TRUMP IN SC

240,882

variety of votes that Trump gained in the state's six-candidate GOP fundamental, held in February

740,881

variety of votes forged within the GOP simple

33%

Trump's percent of the February fundamental vote. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took 2nd at 22.5 %, a whisker forward of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at 22.three %. The S.C. fundamental marked the conclusion of the highway for the onetime GOP favourite, former Florida Gov. Jeb. Bush, who dropped out of the racing after completing fourth, barely ahead of Ohio Gov. John Kasich and retired surgeon Ben Carson.

16,392

Trump's vote total in Lexington County, where he took 30 % of the vote, his third-top of the line displaying in uncooked votes within the state. Trump's most appropriate vote complete in a S.C. county changed into in Horry at 26,684, or 49 p.c. No. 2 changed into Greenville at 25,044 votes. Spartanburg at 15,293 votes and Charleston at 14,461 have been fourth and fifth, respectively. In Richland County, Trump received 9,205 votes, dropping the county to Rubio.

history

1976

ultimate time a Democrat presidential candidate, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter, gained South Carolina's standard vote, fifty six-forty three over Republican President Gerald Ford. Carter lost the state to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980, 50-48.

forty eight-forty

Margin during which Democrat invoice Clinton lost South Carolina's widespread vote to Republican President George H.W. Bush in 1992. Clinton won the race nationally.

50-44

Margin during which Democratic President bill Clinton misplaced South Carolina's customary vote to Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Dole in 1996. Clinton won the race nationally.

How South Carolina has voted in contemporary presidential elections:

2012

Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan (R): fifty five %

Barack Obama-Joe Biden (D, i): forty four %

2008

John McCain-Sarah Palin (R): 54 percent

Barack Obama-Joe Biden (D): 45 p.c

2004

George Bush-Dick Cheney (R, i): fifty eight percent

John Kerry-John Edwards (D): forty one p.c

2000

George Bush-Dick Cheney (R): 57 %

Al Gore-Joe Lieberman (D): 41 percent