South Carolina · county
FIPS 45081county:45081ExactAlso indexed as: Saluda
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
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other | Total | Winner / margin | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2,813Hillary Clinton · 32.85% | 5,526Donald Trump · 64.53% | 225 | 8,564 | Republican +2,713 (31.68%) | Exact | Normalized official 2016 and 2020 county presidential baseline CSV |
| 2020 | 2,963Joe Biden · 31.95% | 6,210Donald Trump · 66.96% | 101 | 9,274 | Republican +3,247 (35.01%) | Exact | Normalized official 2016 and 2020 county presidential baseline CSV |
| 2024 | 2,454Kamala Harris · 27.22% | 6,452Donald Trump · 71.58% | 108 | 9,014 | Republican +3,998 (44.35%) | 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
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
No county-tagged vote-method rows are available.
Administration context
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
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.
Average President-vs-down-ballot difference crossed threshold: DEM 3.06%, REP 3.38%.
The average gap between presidential votes and same-party down-ballot votes is large enough to review. Split-ticket voting can explain some gap; this flag identifies areas needing supporting records.
Vote-share correlation crossed threshold: Trump r=0.306, Harris r=0.889.
Bigger local reporting-unit vote totals move with candidate vote share strongly enough to pass the native review threshold. This is an advisory review flag, not proof of tampering.
Traceability
Geometry registry artifact: sc-counties.geojson
South Carolina Election Commission
County-level historical baseline rows resolve to Census county FIPS tags. Official 2012 baseline remains uncollected.Open sourceSouth 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 sourceSouth 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
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