Dorchester County · county:45035
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South Carolina · county
Dorchester County
FIPS 45035county:45035ExactAlso indexed as: Dorchester
A permanent, source-linked view of the county's 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential history, turnout, election-administration context, and non-conclusive review signals.
Presidential results
2016–2024 county history
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other | Total | Winner / margin | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 24,055Hillary Clinton · 38.45% | 34,987Donald Trump · 55.92% | 3,525 | 62,567 | Republican +10,932 (17.47%) | Exact | Normalized official 2016 and 2020 county presidential baseline CSV |
| 2020 | 33,824Joe Biden · 43.77% | 41,913Donald Trump · 54.24% | 1,541 | 77,278 | Republican +8,089 (10.47%) | Exact | Normalized official 2016 and 2020 county presidential baseline CSV |
| 2024 | 32,489Kamala Harris · 41.78% | 43,839Donald Trump · 56.37% | 1,436 | 77,764 | Republican +11,350 (14.60%) | Exact | Official 2024 general election presidential CSV results |
“Other” includes all other loaded presidential candidates and write-ins. Margin is the absolute gap between the Democratic and Republican vote buckets, divided by all loaded presidential votes.
Participation
2024 turnout context
- Ballots cast
- 78,670
- Registered voters
- 123,480
- Reported/calculated rate
- 63.71%
- Reporting grain
- county
SC VREMS voter-history registered count for printed registration lists; source notes these include active voters plus some inactive voters printed for the selected election.
Official 2024 general election VREMS county voter-history turnout rowsAdministration context
Vote methods
No county-tagged vote-method rows are available.
Administration context
Voting equipment
Equipment metadata is jurisdiction context only. It is not a vote or turnout row, does not prove or disprove an advisory signal, and does not guarantee every precinct or ballot mode used one identical setup.
| Vendor | System | Type / use | Paper record | Tabulation | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES&S | ES&S ExpressVote + | Optical Scan · county_context | not_recorded | Optical Scan | Proxy | Source |
Review context
Advisory indicators
These calculated indicators are prompts for checking source data, reporting grain, denominators, and local context. They are not evidence or findings of fraud, misconduct, or an incorrect election outcome.
No county-tagged advisory indicators are currently published for this profile.
Traceability
Sources and provenance
Normalized official 2016 and 2020 county presidential baseline CSV
South Carolina Election Commission
County-level historical baseline rows resolve to Census county FIPS tags. Official 2012 baseline remains uncollected.Open sourceOfficial 2024 general election presidential CSV results
South Carolina Election Commission
Official South Carolina Elections Database CSV with statewide, county, and precinct rows. County rows are used for certified result totals; precinct rows are used as the presidential side of local review rows.Open sourceOfficial 2024 general election VREMS county voter-history turnout rows
South Carolina Election Commission
Official SC VREMS county registered and participating voter-history rows. The source page notes registered counts are printed registration-list counts and include active voters plus some inactive voters, so turnout rows are warning-required and should not be treated as active-registration denominators.Open sourceVerified Voting Verifier SC 2024 equipment context
Verified Voting
Verified Voting Verifier data is jurisdiction-level election-administration context. Most rows are counties, but some states report state-level rows and some county rows can summarize mixed tabulation, accessible-device, absentee, poll-book, or other configurations. Treat it as source-linked context, not proof every precinct in a county used one identical setup, and not a turnout or vote-result source.Open source