The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives. Based on the results of the 2010 census, South Dakota has 1 Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. Therefore, based on the 2010 Census, South Dakota has 3 electoral votes.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 7 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina. Therefore, South Carolina has 9 electoral votes.
South Carolina had 7 electoral votes in the first election. It peaked at 11 electoral votes, and now has 9 electoral votes.
9 - 2020, 2016, 2012
8 - 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1988, 1984, 1980, 1976, 1972, 1968, 1964, 1960, 1956, 1952, 1948, 1944, 1940, 1932
9 - 1928, 1924, 1920, 1916, 1912, 1908, 1904, 1900, 1896, 1892, 1888, 1884
7 - 1880, 1876, 1872
6 - 1868
8 - 1860, 1856, 1852
9 - 1848, 1844
11 - 1840, 1836, 1832, 1828, 1824, 1820, 1816, 1812
10 - 1808, 1804
8 - 1800, 1796, 1792
7 - 1789
South Carolina had 8 electoral votes in the 2008 Presidential election; these votes were cast for John McCain (R).
South Carolina will have 9 electoral votes in the 2012 Presidential election.
South Dakota joined the union in 1889 and had 4 electoral votes at this time. South Dakota peaked at 5 electoral votes, gradually declining to the 3 electoral votes that it has today.
3 - 2020, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1988, 1984
4 - 1980, 1976, 1972, 1968, 1964, 1960, 1956, 1952, 1948, 1944, 1940, 1936, 1932
5 - 1928, 1924, 1920, 1916, 1912
4 - 1908, 1904, 1900, 1896, 1892
In 2008, Barack Obama received 0 electoral votes from South Carolina, losing the state's 8 electoral votes to John McCain whom received 1,034,896 votes to Obama's 862,449 votes.
In 2012, the election has not yet taken place. Projections show that Barack Obama will again receive 0 electoral votes, losing the 9 electoral votes to Mitt Romney.
South Carolina has one vote for every resident 18 years of age or older. In the 2008 Presidential election 1,920,969 votes were cast, working out to 8 electoral votes.
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South Carolina has 9 electoral votes in 2011, though there was no presidential election in this year. This is an increase from 2008, when they had 8 electoral votes.
Florida (4), Louisiana (8), South Carolina (7) and Oregon (3) had a total of 22 electoral votes in 1876 presidential election.
There were a total of 20 electoral votes from four states that were in dispute in the 1876 presidential election - Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Oregon.
There were a total of 20 electoral votes from four states that were in dispute in the 1876 presidential election - Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Oregon.
The 2008 presidential
Teddy Roosevelt won the 1904 presidential election defeating Alton Parker. In the 1904 presidential election Teddy Roosevelt received 336 electoral votes and Alton Parker received 140 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Roosevelt 7,626,593 and Parker 5,082,898. Parker received his electoral votes from the southeastern states - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland. Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
The 1860 presidential election showed the major difference of opinion between the north and the south over the issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
South Carolina
the two sets of election returns submitted by florida, south carolina ,and lousiana
South Carolina had 8 electoral votes in 1952.
Slavery was the major issue in the 1860 election. The 1860 presidential election showed the major difference of opinion between the north and the south over the issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern state. Abraham Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency. The Civil War began with the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. After the Civil War began in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy.
As soon as the result of the Presidential election came in - with Lincoln as the first Republican president.