- Lead
- 9,355
- Total
- 19,901
- vs nation
- R+45.5
South Carolina 10th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,710
- Total
- 19,574
- vs nation
- R+49.0
- Lead
- 8,321
- Total
- 16,709
- vs nation
- R+51.9
- Lead
- 6,805
- Total
- 14,948
- vs nation
- R+49.4
- Lead
- 6,459
- Total
- 15,040
- vs nation
- R+50.2
- Lead
- 6,108
- Total
- 13,175
- vs nation
- R+43.9
- Lead
- 4,804
- Total
- 11,324
- vs nation
- R+42.9
- Lead
- 2,633
- Total
- 9,237
- vs nation
- R+37.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+47.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,1582024 5-year
- Population density
- 691 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 61 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $72,6212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98.0 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 88, MS · twin score 97.4
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 10th 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
98.5%
398 votes · D+98.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 97.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
80.3%
3,866 votes · R+63.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 75.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,268votes
26.9% of the vote · R+44.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,159 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
14,514votes
72.9% of the vote · R+47.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,978 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
+119.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+94.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +115.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+51.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+49.8 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +50.2 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 47.0-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, this district ranks among the most one-sided in the state. Its rural character and demographic composition make competitive general elections rare at any level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.0 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 63.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.0 points.
A population of 42,158, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,621 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 88 and State House District 6.
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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