States with similar presidential preferences to South Carolina

The data shows that the five states with the most similar presidential preferences to South Carolina are all located in the South region. In the most recent decades, these states have tended to prefer Republican candidates.

5 States with similar presidential preferences to South Carolina

1. Mississippi and South Carolina have voted for the same candidates in every presidential election since 1972. However, in 1960 and 1968, Mississippi voted for independent segregationist candidates until South Carolina.
2. Alabama has voted similarly to Mississippi in presidential elections. In fact, since 1972, South Carolina and Alabama have voted for the same candidates in every election. Unlike Alabama and Mississippi, South Carolina voted for the Republican ticket in 1968.
3. North Carolina and South Carolina only have two differences in their presidential preferences since 1960. In 2008, North Carolina unexpectedly voted for Obama. In 1964, it also voted for Lyndon B. Johnson instead of Barry Goldwater like South Carolina. Goldwater’s made opposition to the Civil Rights Act made him very popular in the Deep South.
4. Texas and South Carolina only have had two differences in their presidential preferences since 1960. In 1968, Texas voted in favor of Hubert Humphrey, while in 1964, Texas voted for Lyndon B. Johnson. One big reason is that Lyndon B. Johnson was from Texas.
5. Oklahoma has only voted for Republicans in every presidential election since 1960, with the exception of 1964. Therefore, South Carolina and Oklahoma have disagreed three times in that time span, in 1960, 1964, and 1976.

5 States with least similar presidential preferences to South Carolina

1. Washington
2. Minnesota
3. Rhode Island
4. Massachusetts
5. Oregon

South Carolina Presidential Voting History

2020: Donald Trump (R)
2016: Donald Trump (R)
2012: Mitt Romney (R)
2008: John McCain (R)
2004: George W. Bush (R)
2000: George W. Bush (R)
1996: Bob Dole (R)
1992: George H. W. Bush (R)
1988: George H. W. Bush (R)
1984: Ronald Reagan (R)
1980: Ronald Reagan (R)
1976: Jimmy Carter (D)
1972: Richard Nixon (R)
1968: Richard Nixon (R)
1964: Barry Goldwater (R)
1960: John F. Kennedy (D)