Marion County, South Carolina

2024 results by precinct

17 precincts · 13,388 votes cast

Harris · D+11

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+10.5%	7,316	5,906	13,388
2020	D	+21.5%	8,872	5,711	14,704
2016	D	+21.9%	8,569	5,444	14,276
2012	D	+30.2%	9,688	5,164	14,986
2008	D	+27.6%	9,608	5,416	15,174
2004	D	+16.1%	7,767	5,589	13,507
2000	D	+22.0%	7,358	4,687	12,149
1996	D	+26.4%	6,359	3,595	10,451
1992	D	+21.2%	5,843	3,647	10,376
1988	D	+6.4%	5,008	4,403	9,486
1984	D	+3.5%	5,043	4,698	9,773
1980	D	+23.4%	5,379	3,321	8,801
1976	D	+31.6%	5,927	3,076	9,016
1972	R	−29.8%	2,545	4,719	7,298
1968	D	+4.5%	2,821	2,512	6,817
1964	R	−22.0%	2,046	3,197	5,243
1960	D	+18.6%	2,397	1,646	4,043
1956	D	+30.8%	1,390	417	3,160
1952	R	−17.9%	1,610	2,313	3,923
1948	D	+18.7%	301	14	1,534
1944	D	+91.9%	858	9	924
1940	D	+95.1%	716	18	734
1936	D	+99.6%	1,219	0	1,224
1932	D	+98.8%	948	0	960
1928	D	+86.1%	682	51	733
1924	D	+99.4%	616	2	618
1920	D	+99.8%	808	1	809
1916	D	+98.8%	1,019	3	1,028
1912	D	+98.1%	710	0	724
1908	D	+91.3%	2,007	91	2,098
1904	D	+93.7%	1,507	49	1,556
1900	D	+83.2%	1,296	119	1,415
1896	D	+71.8%	1,936	313	2,260
1892	D	+53.8%	1,737	466	2,361
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

1.0%

African American

43.9%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.7%

2.7%

75–84

3.3%

5.7%

65–74

7.7%

6.1%

55–64

7.3%

5.6%

45–54

6.4%

6.5%

35–44

6.0%

5.1%

25–34

5.8%

3.8%

18–24

3.7%

8.3%

5–17

8.7%

2.7%

2.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$36,301

Marion County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Marion County$36,301

South Carolina$69,324

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

30.0%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

28.9%

Methodist

15.5%

Other Christian

10.0%

Non-Christian

6.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Marion County's majority-Black population anchors consistent Democratic margins in a state that otherwise leans heavily Republican. Tobacco and timber shaped its economy for generations, leaving median incomes well below the state average.

The Democratic margin in Marion County peaked at 100 points in 1920. By 1976 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was eleven points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Marion County's median household income of $36,301 sits well below state and national norms, and 30% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bamberg County and Bolivar County.

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Marion County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.