2018 South Carolina precinct and election shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 07/12/2020 ## Sources Election results from South Carolina State Election Commission (https://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/92124/Web02-state.222648/#/) Precinct shapefile primarily from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program Phase 2 release. The Lando/Lansford precinct in Chester County was merged to match the 2018 election results. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent SAC - State Appeals Court SBE - State Board of Education SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G18GOVDSMI - James Smith (Democratic Party) G18GOVRMCM - Henry McMaster (Republican Party) G18GOVOWRI - Write-in Votes G18SOSDWHI - Melvin T. Whittenburg (Democratic Party) G18SOSRHAM - Mark Hammond (Republican Party) G18SOSOWRI - Write-in Votes G18TREDGLE - Rosalyn L. Glenn (Democratic Party) G18TREWGLE - Rosalyn Glenn (Working Familites Party) G18TRERLOF - Curtis Loftis (Republican Party) G18TREAWOR - Sarah Work (American Party) G18TREOWRI - Write-in Votes G18ATGDANA - Constance Anastopoulo (Democratic Party) G18ATGWANA - Constance Anastopoulo (Working Families Party) G18ATGRWIL - Alan Wilson (Republican Party) G18ATGOWRI - Write-in Votes G18COMRECK - Richard Eckstrom (Republican Party) G18COMOWRI - Write-in Votes G18SPIRMIT - Molly Mitchell Spearman (Republican Party) G18SPIOWRI - Write-in Votes G18AGRUNEL - Chris Nelums (United Citizens Party) G18AGRGEDM - David Edmond (Green Party) G18AGRRWEA - Hugh Weathers (Republican Party) G18AGROWRI - Write-in Votes ## Processing Steps Absentee, provisional, emergency, and failsafe results were reported countywide. These were distributed to precincts based on the precinct's share of the county vote for each candidate. In Spartanburg County the precinct labels for Trinity Methodist, Trinity Presbyterian, and West View Elementary were swapped to match the voter registration file. The boundary between Trinity Presbyterian and West View Elementary was also adjusted to match the county precinct map and the voter registration file.