- Lead
- 2,923
- Total
- 15,735
- vs nation
- R+17.1
South Carolina 19th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,519
- Total
- 15,808
- vs nation
- R+20.4
- Lead
- 3,182
- Total
- 13,091
- vs nation
- R+26.4
- Lead
- 3,192
- Total
- 11,779
- vs nation
- R+31.0
- Lead
- 2,676
- Total
- 11,617
- vs nation
- R+30.3
- Lead
- 3,338
- Total
- 10,263
- vs nation
- R+30.1
- Lead
- 2,959
- Total
- 8,504
- vs nation
- R+35.3
- Lead
- 1,760
- Total
- 7,280
- vs nation
- R+32.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+18.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 41,4752024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,387 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 29.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,5422024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 22.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.9 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 54, OK · twin score 94.5
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 19th 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
William J. Bryan1900
100.0%
95 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1912 · 99.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
79.8%
2,802 votes · R+61.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 72.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,469votes
40.9% of the vote · R+15.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 6,258 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
9,181votes
58.3% of the vote · R+18.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 8,988 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
+123.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+98.0 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +122.0 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+46.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+24.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +38.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | R | 38.6%4,952 | 61.4%7,872 | 12,824 |
South Carolina House District 19 registered a 5.7-point Democratic lean in the 2024 presidential race, placing it among the state's more competitive lower-chamber seats in a region shaped by coastal growth and shifting suburban demographics.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1900 and a Republican high of 61.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.6 points.
A population of 41,475, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,542 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 54 and State House District 90.
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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