Elections / 1986 · Governor · SC
South Carolina — 1986 governor election
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Akashic1986 · GovernorSouth Carolina · GovernorCarroll CampbellR+3.1
Candidates
South Carolina 1986 governor — certified statewide results.
- Carroll Campbell✓Republican384,56551.6%
- Michael R. DanielDemocratic361,32848.4%
Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era.
presidential baselinePresident 1984R+28.0Governor 1986R+3.1vs. baselineD+24.9
South Carolina's 1986 governor race ran 24.9 points more Democratic than its 1984 presidential margin.
Same ballot, 1986SC
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1986 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.