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1972-11-07 Senatorial Election Results for South Carolina (Class 2)


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County Turnout Strom Thurmond*
(R)		 Eugene Zeigler
(D)		 Other Margin TOTAL
Abbeville34%2,85660.5%1,86239.5%00.0%994 4,718
Aiken46%17,56563.8%9,97736.2%00.0%7,588 27,542
Allendale52%1,70955.0%1,39845.0%00.0%311 3,107
Anderson32%14,48362.1%8,84537.9%00.0%5,638 23,328
Bamberg42%2,47657.9%1,80342.1%00.0%673 4,279
Barnwell52%3,91569.8%1,69730.2%00.0%2,218 5,612
Beaufort24%5,37861.7%3,34038.3%00.0%2,038 8,718
Berkeley36%8,27260.2%5,45839.8%00.0%2,814 13,730
Calhoun45%1,76356.5%1,35143.3%50.2%412 3,119
Charleston36%38,06062.7%22,68137.3%00.0%15,379 60,741
Cherokee40%6,59167.9%3,12132.1%00.0%3,470 9,712
Chester38%4,10757.3%3,06342.7%00.0%1,044 7,170
Chesterfield38%4,32952.6%3,90347.4%00.0%426 8,232
Clarendon46%3,80252.1%3,50247.9%00.0%300 7,304
Colleton45%5,37967.0%2,65433.0%00.0%2,725 8,033
Darlington47%10,20763.3%5,92736.7%00.0%4,280 16,134
Dillon34%3,85665.5%2,03134.5%00.0%1,825 5,887
Dorchester52%7,29662.1%4,46237.9%00.0%2,834 11,758
Edgefield42%2,54661.1%1,60538.5%180.4%941 4,169
Fairfield42%2,37845.5%2,84454.5%10.0%-466 5,223
Florence43%15,03460.2%9,95839.8%00.0%5,076 24,992
Georgetown50%5,40051.2%5,13948.8%00.0%261 10,539
Greenville36%43,42972.8%16,21727.2%440.1%27,212 59,690
Greenwood37%8,11662.9%4,77937.1%00.0%3,337 12,895
Hampton51%2,67052.4%2,42947.6%00.0%241 5,099
Horry40%13,08866.9%6,47333.1%00.0%6,615 19,561
Jasper39%1,61155.2%1,30644.8%00.0%305 2,917
Kershaw48%7,06665.4%3,64833.8%930.9%3,418 10,807
Lancaster39%7,29064.3%4,04335.7%00.0%3,247 11,333
Laurens26%5,92668.5%2,72331.5%00.0%3,203 8,649
Lee46%2,80255.3%2,26444.7%00.0%538 5,066
Lexington47%22,83976.7%6,92123.2%230.1%15,918 29,783
Marion38%4,19858.8%2,94341.2%00.0%1,255 7,141
Marlboro34%3,38558.4%2,41441.6%00.0%971 5,799
McCormick44%1,18554.8%97745.2%00.0%208 2,162
Newberry47%6,70370.9%2,74829.1%00.0%3,955 9,451
Oconee31%5,71766.2%2,91533.8%00.0%2,802 8,632
Orangeburg44%11,40057.5%8,43342.5%00.0%2,967 19,833
Pickens33%10,52374.0%3,69526.0%00.0%6,828 14,218
Richland37%36,56960.3%24,04139.7%00.0%12,528 60,610
Saluda44%2,84368.2%1,32031.7%30.1%1,523 4,166
Spartanburg35%27,74367.2%13,55432.8%00.0%14,189 41,297
Sumter33%10,00359.7%6,74240.3%10.0%3,261 16,746
Union56%7,39668.0%3,48132.0%00.0%3,915 10,877
Williamsburg52%5,39250.6%5,26949.4%00.0%123 10,661
York36%11,30554.3%9,50145.7%00.0%1,804 20,806
TOTAL 37% 426,60163.5% 245,45736.5% 1880.0% 181,144 672,246
Total R vote: 426,601 (63.5%)      Total D vote: 245,457 (36.5%)      Total Other vote: 188 (0.0%)
* incumbent



1972 Senate class 2, Abbeville County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 2,856 60.5%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 1,862 39.5%
TOTAL 4,718
Turnout: 34%


1972 Senate class 2, Aiken County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 17,565 63.8%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 9,977 36.2%
TOTAL 27,542
Turnout: 46%


1972 Senate class 2, Allendale County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 1,709 55.0%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 1,398 45.0%
TOTAL 3,107
Turnout: 52%


1972 Senate class 2, Anderson County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 14,483 62.1%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 8,845 37.9%
TOTAL 23,328
Turnout: 32%


1972 Senate class 2, Bamberg County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 2,476 57.9%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 1,803 42.1%
TOTAL 4,279
Turnout: 42%


1972 Senate class 2, Barnwell County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 3,915 69.8%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 1,697 30.2%
TOTAL 5,612
Turnout: 52%


1972 Senate class 2, Beaufort County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 5,378 61.7%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 3,340 38.3%
TOTAL 8,718
Turnout: 24%


1972 Senate class 2, Berkeley County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 8,272 60.2%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 5,458 39.8%
TOTAL 13,730
Turnout: 36%


1972 Senate class 2, Calhoun County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 1,763 56.5%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 1,351 43.3%
TOTAL 3,119
Turnout: 45%


1972 Senate class 2, Charleston County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 38,060 62.7%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 22,681 37.3%
TOTAL 60,741
Turnout: 36%


1972 Senate class 2, Cherokee County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 6,591 67.9%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 3,121 32.1%
TOTAL 9,712
Turnout: 40%


1972 Senate class 2, Chester County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 4,107 57.3%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 3,063 42.7%
TOTAL 7,170
Turnout: 38%


1972 Senate class 2, Chesterfield County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 4,329 52.6%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 3,903 47.4%
TOTAL 8,232
Turnout: 38%


1972 Senate class 2, Clarendon County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 3,802 52.1%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 3,502 47.9%
TOTAL 7,304
Turnout: 46%


1972 Senate class 2, Colleton County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 5,379 67.0%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,654 33.0%
TOTAL 8,033
Turnout: 45%


1972 Senate class 2, Darlington County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 10,207 63.3%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 5,927 36.7%
TOTAL 16,134
Turnout: 47%


1972 Senate class 2, Dillon County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 3,856 65.5%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,031 34.5%
TOTAL 5,887
Turnout: 34%


1972 Senate class 2, Dorchester County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 7,296 62.1%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 4,462 37.9%
TOTAL 11,758
Turnout: 52%


1972 Senate class 2, Edgefield County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 2,546 61.1%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 1,605 38.5%
TOTAL 4,169
Turnout: 42%


1972 Senate class 2, Fairfield County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 2,378 45.5%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,844 54.5%
TOTAL 5,223
Turnout: 42%


1972 Senate class 2, Florence County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 15,034 60.2%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 9,958 39.8%
TOTAL 24,992
Turnout: 43%


1972 Senate class 2, Georgetown County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 5,400 51.2%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 5,139 48.8%
TOTAL 10,539
Turnout: 50%


1972 Senate class 2, Greenville County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 43,429 72.8%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 16,217 27.2%
TOTAL 59,690
Turnout: 36%


1972 Senate class 2, Greenwood County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 8,116 62.9%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 4,779 37.1%
TOTAL 12,895
Turnout: 37%


1972 Senate class 2, Hampton County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 2,670 52.4%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,429 47.6%
TOTAL 5,099
Turnout: 51%


1972 Senate class 2, Horry County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 13,088 66.9%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 6,473 33.1%
TOTAL 19,561
Turnout: 40%


1972 Senate class 2, Jasper County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 1,611 55.2%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 1,306 44.8%
TOTAL 2,917
Turnout: 39%


1972 Senate class 2, Kershaw County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 7,066 65.4%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 3,648 33.8%
TOTAL 10,807
Turnout: 48%


1972 Senate class 2, Lancaster County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 7,290 64.3%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 4,043 35.7%
TOTAL 11,333
Turnout: 39%


1972 Senate class 2, Laurens County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 5,926 68.5%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,723 31.5%
TOTAL 8,649
Turnout: 26%


1972 Senate class 2, Lee County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 2,802 55.3%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,264 44.7%
TOTAL 5,066
Turnout: 46%


1972 Senate class 2, Lexington County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 22,839 76.7%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 6,921 23.2%
TOTAL 29,783
Turnout: 47%


1972 Senate class 2, Marion County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 4,198 58.8%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,943 41.2%
TOTAL 7,141
Turnout: 38%


1972 Senate class 2, Marlboro County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 3,385 58.4%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,414 41.6%
TOTAL 5,799
Turnout: 34%


1972 Senate class 2, McCormick County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 1,185 54.8%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 977 45.2%
TOTAL 2,162
Turnout: 44%


1972 Senate class 2, Newberry County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 6,703 70.9%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,748 29.1%
TOTAL 9,451
Turnout: 47%


1972 Senate class 2, Oconee County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 5,717 66.2%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 2,915 33.8%
TOTAL 8,632
Turnout: 31%


1972 Senate class 2, Orangeburg County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 11,400 57.5%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 8,433 42.5%
TOTAL 19,833
Turnout: 44%


1972 Senate class 2, Pickens County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 10,523 74.0%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 3,695 26.0%
TOTAL 14,218
Turnout: 33%


1972 Senate class 2, Richland County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 36,569 60.3%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 24,041 39.7%
TOTAL 60,610
Turnout: 37%


1972 Senate class 2, Saluda County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 2,843 68.2%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 1,320 31.7%
TOTAL 4,166
Turnout: 44%


1972 Senate class 2, Spartanburg County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 27,743 67.2%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 13,554 32.8%
TOTAL 41,297
Turnout: 35%


1972 Senate class 2, Sumter County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 10,003 59.7%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 6,742 40.3%
TOTAL 16,746
Turnout: 33%


1972 Senate class 2, Union County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 7,396 68.0%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 3,481 32.0%
TOTAL 10,877
Turnout: 56%


1972 Senate class 2, Williamsburg County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 5,392 50.6%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 5,269 49.4%
TOTAL 10,661
Turnout: 52%


1972 Senate class 2, York County
CandidateVotesPct
Strom Thurmond* (R) 11,305 54.3%
Eugene Zeigler (D) 9,501 45.7%
TOTAL 20,806
Turnout: 36%

Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %

No Republican primary



Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Eugene Zeigler 201,170 58.7%
2   John Culbertson 141,757 41.3%
    Other 1 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 342,928