- Lead
- 3,499
- Total
- 13,129
- vs nation
- R+25.2
South Carolina 3rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,552
- Total
- 12,881
- vs nation
- R+24.3
- Lead
- 2,411
- Total
- 11,257
- vs nation
- R+23.5
- Lead
- 1,619
- Total
- 10,505
- vs nation
- R+19.3
- Lead
- 1,280
- Total
- 10,509
- vs nation
- R+19.5
- Lead
- 1,298
- Total
- 9,309
- vs nation
- R+11.5
- Lead
- 942
- Total
- 8,059
- vs nation
- R+12.2
- Lead
- 116
- Total
- 7,069
- vs nation
- R+6.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,1432024 5-year
- Population density
- 476 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 88.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $53,8042024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 63, AL · twin score 92.2
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 3rd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Alton B. Parker1904
100.0%
338 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 99.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
68.1%
2,056 votes · R+40.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 62.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,998votes
38.8% of the vote · R+19.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,676 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,175votes
62.3% of the vote · R+26.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 7,550 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
John W. Davis1924
+122.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+97.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +120.3 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+25.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+26.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +24.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 17.0%2,173 | 83.0%10,607 | 12,780 |
| 2018 | R | 24.4%2,881 | 75.6%8,905 | 11,786 |
South Carolina House District 3 sits in the Upstate region and has delivered Republican presidential margins well above the state average, reflecting a predominantly rural and small-town electorate with limited recent electoral competition.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1904 and a Republican high of 40.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.7 points.
A population of 42,143, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,804 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 63 and State House District 9.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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