Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic46.6%664TrumpRepublican52.5%748OtherAll other candidates0.9%13
R+5.9
Lead
84
Total
1,425
vs nation
R+4.4
BidenDemocratic50.6%802TrumpRepublican47.7%756OtherAll other candidates1.8%28
D+2.9
Lead
46
Total
1,586
vs nation
R+1.6
ClintonDemocratic49.5%656TrumpRepublican46.4%615OtherAll other candidates4.1%54
D+3.1
Lead
41
Total
1,325
vs nation
D+1.0
ObamaDemocratic51.8%652RomneyRepublican46.8%589OtherAll other candidates1.4%17
D+5.0
Lead
63
Total
1,258
vs nation
D+1.2
ObamaDemocratic49.5%663McCainRepublican48.4%648OtherAll other candidates2.2%29
D+1.1
Lead
15
Total
1,340
vs nation
R+6.2
KerryDemocratic45.0%529BushRepublican52.9%622OtherAll other candidates2.1%25
R+7.9
Lead
93
Total
1,176
vs nation
R+5.5
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+5.9MIT Election Lab
Population
3,6852024 5-year
Population density
1,189 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
3.1 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$51,2752024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
42.9%2024 5-year
Black
37.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
13.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+5.0 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+7.9 in 2004MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20243 cycles · 3 audited
2024 turnout
54.7%1,435 participants ÷ 2,624 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+19.0 ptsVolatile
Drop-off vs state
-2.6 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
35.7%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%
37.2%
202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,435
2,624 ± 510
54.7%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,044
2,805 ± 494
37.2%
Audited
E/D
1,589
2,827 ± 515
56.2%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
Whitney, SC · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
51.8%
652 votes · D+5.0
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 50.6%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
52.9%
622 votes · R+7.9
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 52.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
802votes
50.6% of the vote · D+2.9
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 664 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
756votes
47.7% of the vote · D+2.9
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 748 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
+1.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+5.0 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +1.0 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+6.2pts R vs U.S.
Place D+1.1 · U.S. D+7.3
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +5.5 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Whitney · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Spartanburg County, South Carolina, the county containing Whitney — Whitney’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Whitney, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Whitney sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 5.0 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 7.9 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.9 points.
A population of 3,685, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,275 describe the city.
In 2024, Whitney, South Carolina voted Republican by 5.9 points (R+5.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,425 votes cast, 664 went Democratic and 748 went Republican.
When did Whitney, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Whitney, South Carolina voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Whitney, South Carolina?
Whitney, South Carolina has a population of 3,685 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Whitney, South Carolina?
Median household income in Whitney, South Carolina is $51,275 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Whitney, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Whitney, South Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 2 went Republican.
