United States presidential election in South Carolina, 2016 (Ferguson Scenario)



The 2016 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.

South Carolina was won by Senator William H. Pryor, Jr. (R-Alabama), with 55.90% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Henry T. Ferguson (D-Texas), with 44.09% of the popular vote. Pryor's victory in Alabama continued a Republican winning streak in South Carolina extending back to the 1980 election, when Ronald Reagan won the state over Jimmy Carter. Carter's 1976 win here over Gerald Ford remains the last time a Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state. Ferguson, however, did post the best Democratic performance in decades here.

With 55.90% of the popular vote, South Carolina would prove to be Pryor's second strongest state in the 2016 election after Alabama.