1972 United States presidential election in South Carolina

The 1972 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 7, 1972. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1972 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Carolina overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominees, incumbent President Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Vice President Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, Senator George McGovern of South Dakota and his running mate U.S. Ambassador Sargent Shriver of Maryland.

Campaign
85% of white voters supported Nixon while 13% supported McGovern.

This is the only time, that Marlboro County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate since that county was founded in 1896, and the last time when Orangeburg County, Williamsburg County, Marion County, Jasper County, Fairfield County, Hampton County, Lee County, and Allendale County have voted for a Republican presidential candidate.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

 * Allendale
 * Bamberg
 * Beaufort
 * Berkeley
 * Calhoun
 * Chester
 * Clarendon
 * Dorchester
 * Fairfield
 * Georgetown
 * Hampton
 * Jasper
 * Lee
 * McCormick
 * Marion
 * Marlboro
 * Orangeburg
 * Sumter
 * Williamsburg

Counties that flipped from American Independent to Republican

 * Abbeville
 * Anderson
 * Barnwell
 * Cherokee
 * Chesterfield
 * Darlington
 * Greenwood
 * Horry
 * Lancaster
 * Oconee
 * Saluda
 * Union