Certified returns for every federal race in South Carolina in 2016, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 8 of 8 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Republican
1,155,389
54.9%
Democratic
855,373
40.7%
Libertarian
49,204
2.3%
Independence
21,016
1.0%
Green
13,034
0.6%
Constitution
5,765
0.3%
American
3,246
0.2%
Total
2,103,027
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2016 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tim Scott
Republican
1,241,609
60.6%
Thomas Dixon
Democrat (704,540) · Working Families (37,610) · Green (14,872)
757,022
36.9%
Bill Bledsoe
Constitution (12,652) · Libertarian (24,830)
37,482
1.8%
Rebel Michael Scarborough
American
11,923
0.6%
Write-in
1,857
0.1%
Total
2,049,893
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mark Sanford
Republican
190,410
58.6%
Dimitri Cherny
Democrat (110,539) · Working Families (5,757) · Green (3,483)
119,779
36.8%
Michael Grier, Jr.
Libertarian
11,614
3.6%
Albert Travison
American
2,774
0.9%
Write-in
593
0.2%
Total
325,170
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Joe Wilson
Republican
183,746
60.2%
Arik Bjorn
Democrat (105,306) · Green (4,146)
109,452
35.9%
Eddie McCain
American
11,444
3.8%
Write-in
354
0.1%
Total
304,996
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jeff Duncan
Republican
196,325
72.8%
Hosea Cleveland
Democrat
72,933
27.1%
Write-in
282
0.1%
Total
269,540
The FEC's published figures for this race differ from the Clerk's.
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Trey Gowdy
Republican
198,648
67.2%
Chris Fedalei
Democrat
91,676
31.0%
Michael Chandler
Constitution
5,103
1.7%
Write-in
243
0.1%
Total
295,670
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Mick Mulvaney
Republican
161,669
59.2%
Fran Person
Democrat
105,772
38.7%
Rudy Barnes, Jr.
American
5,388
2.0%
Write-in
177
0.1%
Total
273,006
The FEC's published figures for this race differ from the Clerk's.
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
James E. Clyburn
Democrat
177,947
70.1%
Laura Sterling
Republican
70,099
27.6%
Rich Piotrowski
Libertarian
3,131
1.2%
Prince Charles Mallory
Green
2,499
1.0%
Write-in
225
0.1%
Total
253,901
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Tom Rice
Republican
176,468
61.0%
Mal Hyman
Democrat (103,454) · Working Families (6,747) · Green (2,543)
112,744
38.9%
Write-in
251
0.1%
Total
289,463
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2016 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 02c54c4d18c80ce59ba8914e8d5d4f1f4cb7078ea453d1b7320f7845d96dab41
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.