Strom Thurmond won with 53.4% of the vote (619,859 votes), ahead of Elliot Springs Close with 44.0% (510,951 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 9.4 percentage points (108,908 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 9.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 12.5 points toward Republicans. The winning party changed.
1,161,231 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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