Voters head to the polls to vote for president, U.S. House, state legislature and other offices on Nov. 5 in South Carolina.

       The winner of the presidential race will take South Carolina’s nine Electoral College votes.Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.

       The exterior of the South Carolina State House is seen in Columbia, S.C., Jan. 29, 2023.

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       State significance South Carolina has voted for the Republican candidate since 1980. Donald Trump won the state in 2020 by over 10 percentage points.

       South Carolina played a notable role in the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries earlier this year, with it having the first primary where President Joe Biden was on the ballot -- and in the home state of then-presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley.

       Counties are colored red or blue when the % expected vote reporting reaches a set threshold. This threshold varies by state and is based on patterns of past vote reporting and expectations about how the vote will report this year.