- Lead
- 8,100
- Total
- 19,421
- vs nation
- R+40.2
South Carolina 8th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,645
- Total
- 19,291
- vs nation
- R+38.9
- Lead
- 5,585
- Total
- 15,952
- vs nation
- R+37.1
- Lead
- 3,872
- Total
- 14,494
- vs nation
- R+30.6
- Lead
- 3,441
- Total
- 14,916
- vs nation
- R+30.3
- Lead
- 3,289
- Total
- 13,049
- vs nation
- R+22.7
- Lead
- 2,141
- Total
- 11,429
- vs nation
- R+19.3
- Lead
- 437
- Total
- 9,180
- vs nation
- R+13.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 41,1452024 5-year
- Population density
- 366 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 112 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,5612024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.7 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 7, SC · twin score 97.1
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 8th 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
99.8%
626 votes · D+99.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · 99.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
71.2%
3,244 votes · R+44.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 70.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,197votes
32.1% of the vote · R+34.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 5,669 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
13,636votes
70.2% of the vote · R+41.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,842 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
+124.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+99.4 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +124.3 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+40.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +38.9 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 of R+41.6, this rural district ranks among the most one-sided in the state, leaving little competitive pressure in legislative contests and reflecting deep partisan sorting across its 41,000 residents.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.7 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 44.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.7 points.
A population of 41,145, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,561 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 7 and State House District 1.
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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