- Lead
- 9,939
- Total
- 20,495
- vs nation
- R+47.0
South Carolina 5th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,324
- Total
- 19,520
- vs nation
- R+52.2
- Lead
- 8,346
- Total
- 16,760
- vs nation
- R+51.9
- Lead
- 7,234
- Total
- 15,482
- vs nation
- R+50.6
- Lead
- 6,658
- Total
- 15,384
- vs nation
- R+50.6
- Lead
- 6,375
- Total
- 13,845
- vs nation
- R+43.6
- Lead
- 5,242
- Total
- 11,609
- vs nation
- R+45.7
- Lead
- 2,855
- Total
- 9,450
- vs nation
- R+38.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,1422024 5-year
- Population density
- 743 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 56.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $63,0562024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.6 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 4, SC · twin score 96.9
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 5th 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
98.8%
331 votes · D+97.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 97.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
82.4%
3,998 votes · R+65.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 76.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
5,143votes
25.1% of the vote · R+48.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,940 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
15,082votes
73.6% of the vote · R+48.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 14,264 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+117.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+97.6 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +117.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+52.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.8 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +51.9 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 44 points in Democrats' favor, this district stands as an outlier in a state that has trended heavily Republican statewide, suggesting a densely urban or majority-minority population base.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.6 points in 1904 and a Republican high of 65.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.5 points.
A population of 42,142, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,056 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 4 and State House District 15.
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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