South Carolina elections in 2026
9 electoral votes · 7 House seats · South · 2 statewide races on the 2026 ballot
The political landscape
South Carolina pairs a fast-growing coast with a conservative upstate and a substantial Black electorate that anchors the Democratic coalition. Republicans hold a firm statewide advantage in federal races.
Its largest population centers include Charleston, Columbia, Greenville. Where a state's people live, and what those places do for a living, is the starting point for how Electorate HQ simulations reason about it.
On the ballot in South Carolina
Latest South Carolina political headlines
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In the Electorate HQ simulator, South Carolina is one of 51 delegations that reads current reporting and decides a presidential race issue by issue. Results are AI simulations, clearly labeled, with the reasoning shown for every call. See the methodology for what that does and does not mean.