1976 United States presidential election in South Carolina

The 1976 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Despite fluctuating polls, Carter would carry South Carolina by a margin of 13.04 points over Ford.

Ford managed to carry just three of South Carolina's counties, whereas Richard Nixon had carried all 46 counties four years earlier. , this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried South Carolina, the last time a Democrat won Horry County, Spartanburg County, Berkeley County, Beaufort County, Dorchester County, Florence County, Pickens County, Kershaw County, and Newberry County, and the last time a Democrat swept every congressional district in the state. It is also the last occasion South Carolina voted more Democratic than Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota or Rhode Island.

Campaign
Both major party nominees, Democrat former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, with running mate Walter Mondale, and Republican President Gerald Ford with running mate Senator Bob Dole, campaigned in the state during the fall campaign. Ford did not target the state in late September at the beginning of his re-election campaign, but did visit Columbia in late October as polling day approached, when he was joined by Carter two days subsequently. After Ford’s visit, it was said he was not a factor in South Carolina and that the election hinged on approval or disapproval of Carter. Carter himself campaigned more extensively with his eldest son Jack working in the Sixth Congressional District, and other members of his “Peanut Brigade” touring most major population centers.

55% of white voters supported Ford while 44% supported Carter.

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

 * Allendale
 * Beaufort
 * Berkeley
 * Charleston
 * Clarendon
 * Dorchester
 * Edgefield
 * Fairfield
 * Florence
 * Hampton
 * Jasper
 * Horry
 * Kershaw
 * Lee
 * McCormick
 * Marion
 * Marlboro
 * Orangeburg
 * Newberry
 * Pickens
 * Richland
 * Spartanburg
 * Sumter
 * Williamsburg
 * Abbeville
 * Anderson
 * Bamberg
 * Barnwell
 * Calhoun
 * Cherokee
 * Chester
 * Chesterfield
 * Colleton
 * Darlington
 * Dillon
 * Georgetown
 * Greenwood
 * Lancaster
 * Laurens
 * Oconee
 * Saluda
 * Union
 * York