Politics & Government

How Mitt Romney Won South Carolina

The former governor lost the race for the White House, but gained more than 54 percent of South Carolina's votes.

Former governor and Republican nominee for president Mitt Romney lost the race for the White House by a landslide — based on electoral votes.

But in the popular vote, President Barack Obama narrowly won, 50-48, according to the latest figures. And Romney dominated nearly every Southern state, including South Carolina, where the GOP took more than 54 percent of the vote.

The heaviest Republican voting for president took place in Pickens, Oconee, Lexington and Anderson counties, where 65 percent of more of the votes were cast for Romney.

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The only large counties that supported Obama were Richland, Charleston, Sumter and Orangeburg counties.

See how your county voted below.

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County Romney Votes Romney % Johnson Votes Johnson % Obama Votes Obama % Total Pickens 33,385 73.50 566 1.25 11,122 24.49 45,422 Oconee 21,573 70.47 294 0.96 8,537 27.89 30,613 Lexington 76,392 68.08 1,172 1.04 34,007 30.31 112,204 Anderson 48,493 67.44 715 0.99 22,315 31.04 71,901 Cherokee 13,306 64.12 117 0.56 7,219 34.79 20,753 Horry 66,653 63.73 863 0.83 36,620 35.01 104,584 Greenville 120,514 63.00 2,248 1.18 67,378 35.22 191,282 Aiken 41,157 62.31 586 0.89 23,953 36.27 66,049 York 47,750 61.64 993 1.28 28,391 36.65 77,465 Spartanburg 65,951 60.88 905 0.84 40,920 37.77 108,327 Saluda 5,130 59.98 58 0.68 3,322 38.84 8,553 Kershaw 15,846 58.63 213 0.79 10,821 40.04 27,026 Lancaster 19,273 58.39 261 0.79 13,345 40.43 33,010 Beaufort 42,515 58.27 501 0.69 29,687 40.69 72,961 Laurens 14,726 58.04 177 0.70 10,297 40.58 25,373 Berkeley 30,474 57.94 596 1.13 21,192 40.29 52,599 Dorchester 32,367 57.51 543 0.96 23,037 40.94 56,277 Greenwood 16,290 57.11 206 0.72 11,884 41.66 28,525 Newberry 9,218 56.60 89 0.55 6,891 42.31 16,287 Edgefield 6,511 56.21 64 0.55 4,965 42.86 11,583 Abbeville 5,923 56.00 71 0.67 4,507 42.61 10,577 Georgetown 16,476 53.37 186 0.60 14,119 45.74 30,870 Union 6,566 52.63 71 0.57 5,748 46.08 12,475 Chesterfield 8,488 51.21 59 0.36 7,942 47.91 16,576 Florence 28,825 49.80 288 0.50 28,508 49.26 57,877 Colleton 8,439 49.42 84 0.49 8,470 49.60 17,077 McCormick 2,460 47.89 21 0.41 2,637 51.33 5,137 Darlington 14,429 47.87 137 0.45 15,452 51.27 30,140 Charleston 68,694 47.47 1,740 1.20 73,593 50.86 144,705 Calhoun 3,705 47.32 37 0.47 4,043 51.63 7,830 Barnwell 4,655 46.96 43 0.43 5,182 52.27 9,913 Chester 6,336 44.23 81 0.57 7,839 54.73 14,324 Clarendon 6,890 43.10 56 0.35 8,967 56.10 15,985 Jasper 4,169 41.73 43 0.43 5,727 57.32 9,991 Dillon 5,477 41.54 23 0.17 7,623 57.81 13,186 Sumter 18,570 40.73 196 0.43 26,598 58.33 45,596 Hampton 3,310 36.04 35 0.38 5,814 63.31 9,184 Marion 5,114 34.63 35 0.24 9,518 64.46 14,766 Marlboro 4,010 34.40 51 0.44 7,554 64.80 11,657 Fairfield 3,996 33.70 67 0.57 7,743 65.30 11,858 Bamberg 2,190 31.95 34 0.50 4,600 67.11 6,854 Lee 2,829 31.79 41 0.46 5,972 67.12 8,898 Richland 37,636 30.52 793 0.64 84,023 68.14 123,314 Williamsburg 4,819 29.60 41 0.25 11,318 69.51 16,282 Orangeburg 11,888 27.88 139 0.33 30,454 71.43 42,637 Allendale 838 20.13 9 0.22 3,297 79.20 4,163 Totals: 1,014,256 54.75 15,548 0.84 813,151 43.89 1,852,666

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