Johnston, SC
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+23.1 |
| 2012 | D+27.1 |
| 2016 | D+22.1 |
| 2020 | D+12.3 |
| 2024 | D+3.2 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 2,132 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | D+3.2 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $34,412 |
| County | Edgefield County |
| State | SC |
Place narrative
Johnston sits in Edgefield County, one of South Carolina's historically volatile rural corridors, where a population just over 2,000 means a few hundred mobilized voters can meaningfully shift precinct-level results.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | +3.2% | 488 | 457 | 15 | 960 |
| 2020 | D | +12.3% | 604 | 470 | 17 | 1,091 |
| 2016 | D | +22.1% | 680 | 429 | 24 | 1,133 |
| 2012 | D | +27.1% | 765 | 436 | 11 | 1,212 |
| 2008 | D | +23.1% | 790 | 489 | 23 | 1,302 |
| 2004† | D | +17.7% | 619 | 432 | 6 | 1,057 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 29.0% |
| Black | 62.4% |
| Asian | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2.5% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $34,412 |
| Poverty rate | 32.7% |
| Median age | 46.9 |
| Age 18–29 | 10.6% |
| Age 65 and older | 30.4% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 14.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 5.0% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Edgefield County county page and the SC state page.