At least 57% of the state’s population took no part in the secession debates that led South Carolina out of the Union and the festivities that followed on December 20, 1860.
Map Based on Slave Census of 1860
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Yeah, given that 57% figure, there’s no small irony in the “We, the people of the state of South Carolina” that began the Declaration of Secession!
Well of course since women and slaves could not vote.