{
  "name": "chart-senate-shares-sc",
  "title": "Chart data: South Carolina early-voter party shares",
  "description": "The data behind the chart “South Carolina early-voter party shares” (post 21), as of 2026-10-31. NBC News/TargetSmart statewide early-vote tracker; calculations by Carmena’s Overton. October 31, 2026 versus November 5, 2022. 2022 shares are rounded; party may be modelled. No comparable voting-history split. Shares are not candidate votes. South Carolina’s unaffiliated share nearly halved; classification changes may affect the comparison.",
  "updated": "2026-10-31",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Carmena’s Overton & Electoral Research",
  "attribution_required": true,
  "citation": "Carmena’s Overton & Electoral Research. “Chart data: South Carolina early-voter party shares” (CSV). Last updated 2026-10-31. https://carmenaresearch.com/data/public/chart-senate-shares-sc.csv. Licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "csv": "https://carmenaresearch.com/data/public/chart-senate-shares-sc.csv",
  "page": "https://carmenaresearch.com/data/#chart-senate-shares-sc",
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "group",
      "description": "Party group"
    },
    {
      "name": "share2022",
      "description": "2022 share (%)"
    },
    {
      "name": "share2026",
      "description": "2026 share (%)"
    },
    {
      "name": "change",
      "description": "Change (points)"
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "October 31, 2026 versus November 5, 2022. 2022 shares are rounded; party may be modelled. No comparable voting-history split. Shares are not candidate votes. South Carolina’s unaffiliated share nearly halved; classification changes may affect the comparison."
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "party": "O",
      "group": "Unaffiliated / other",
      "share2022": 17,
      "share2026": 8.919135861533718,
      "change": -8.080864138466282
    },
    {
      "party": "D",
      "group": "Democratic",
      "share2022": 33,
      "share2026": 44.661994067553344,
      "change": 11.661994067553344
    },
    {
      "party": "R",
      "group": "Republican",
      "share2022": 50,
      "share2026": 46.41887007091294,
      "change": -3.581129929087062
    }
  ]
}