- Lead
- 7,477
- Total
- 18,691
- vs nation
- R+38.5
South Carolina 14th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,942
- Total
- 19,250
- vs nation
- R+35.3
- Lead
- 4,442
- Total
- 16,481
- vs nation
- R+29.0
- Lead
- 2,251
- Total
- 15,849
- vs nation
- R+18.1
- Lead
- 2,433
- Total
- 16,414
- vs nation
- R+22.1
- Lead
- 2,786
- Total
- 14,887
- vs nation
- R+16.3
- Lead
- 2,221
- Total
- 12,743
- vs nation
- R+17.9
- Lead
- 318
- Total
- 10,319
- vs nation
- R+11.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 40,8582024 5-year
- Population density
- 93 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 438 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $57,0782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.7 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 33, AL · twin score 97.7
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 14th 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
John W. Davis1924
99.9%
1,406 votes · D+99.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 99.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
73.2%
4,960 votes · R+47.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 69.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
6,888votes
42.0% of the vote · R+14.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 6,705 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,984votes
69.5% of the vote · R+40.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,496 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
+124.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+99.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +123.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
+38.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+40.0 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +35.3 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+40, this district of roughly 41,000 residents sits well outside competitive range, making it a study in the demographic and geographic conditions that produce lopsided legislative outcomes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.7 points in 1924 and a Republican high of 47.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 9.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.0 points.
A population of 40,858, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,078 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 33 and State House District 11.
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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