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Berkeley County School District elections (2018)

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Berkeley County School District elections

General election date
November 6, 2018
Enrollment ('15-'16)
33,303 students

Four seats on the Berkeley County School District school board in South Carolina were up for general election on November 6, 2018.

Candidates and results

District 2

General election

General election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 2

Incumbent Mac McQuillin won election in the general election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mac McQuillin
Mac McQuillin (Nonpartisan)
 
98.7
 
5,084
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
65

Total votes: 5,149
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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District 4

General election

General election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 4

Kathy Littleton won election in the general election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 4 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kathy Littleton (Nonpartisan)
 
99.0
 
3,179
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
32

Total votes: 3,211
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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District 5

General election

General election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 6

Incumbent Sally Wofford won election in the general election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sally Wofford
Sally Wofford (Nonpartisan)
 
98.7
 
5,119
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
66

Total votes: 5,185
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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District 8

General election

General election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 8

Incumbent Frank Wright won election in the general election for Berkeley County School District school board, District 8 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Frank Wright
Frank Wright (Nonpartisan)
 
98.9
 
3,516
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
39

Total votes: 3,555
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Additional elections on the ballot

See also: South Carolina elections, 2018


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About the district

See also: Berkeley County School District, South Carolina

The Berkeley County School District is located in South Carolina. The district was the fourth-largest school district in the state in the 2014–2015 school year and served 32,565 students.[1]


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Five of 46 South Carolina counties—10.9 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Barnwell County, South Carolina 5.16% 5.33% 1.65%
Calhoun County, South Carolina 2.83% 4.31% 3.55%
Chester County, South Carolina 4.83% 10.58% 8.30%
Colleton County, South Carolina 8.49% 0.19% 0.53%
McCormick County, South Carolina 3.32% 3.60% 6.08%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won South Carolina with 54.9 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 40.7 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, South Carolina cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 53.3 percent of the time. In that same time frame, South Carolina supported Democratic candidates for president more often than Republican candidates, 53.3 to 43.3 percent. South Carolina favored Republicans in every presidential election between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in South Carolina. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns show the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns show the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 39 out of 124 state House districts in South Carolina with an average margin of victory of 32.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 38 out of 124 state House districts in South Carolina with an average margin of victory of 28.3 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 85 out of 124 state House districts in South Carolina with an average margin of victory of 28.7 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 86 out of 124 state House districts in South Carolina with an average margin of victory of 30.1 points. Trump won seven districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


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See also

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