- Lead
- 3,107
- Total
- 15,409
- vs nation
- D+21.6
South Carolina 23rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,568
- Total
- 15,794
- vs nation
- D+24.5
- Lead
- 3,282
- Total
- 12,548
- vs nation
- D+24.1
- Lead
- 2,794
- Total
- 11,187
- vs nation
- D+21.1
- Lead
- 3,232
- Total
- 11,295
- vs nation
- D+21.3
- Lead
- 1,875
- Total
- 9,462
- vs nation
- D+22.3
- Lead
- 1,361
- Total
- 7,779
- vs nation
- D+17.0
- Lead
- 1,767
- Total
- 7,184
- vs nation
- D+16.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+20.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 40,3232024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,601 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $45,8472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 38.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 40.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+17.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 53, AL · twin score 96.7
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 23rd 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%
152 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 99.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
56.6%
1,483 votes · R+17.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 46.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
10,000votes
63.3% of the vote · D+28.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 9,087 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
5,980votes
38.8% of the vote · D+20.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 5,432 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
James M. Cox1920
+124.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+98.2 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +123.3 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
−6.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+17.1 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1968 · −7.3 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 37.7%6,844 | 62.3%11,295 | 18,139 |
| 2018 | R | 38.6%4,814 | 61.4%7,654 | 12,468 |
Its Democratic presidential margin was D+20.1 in 2024 and D+28.6 in 2008. The district had about 10,700 residents, 66.8% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1900 and a Republican high of 17.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.2 points.
A population of 40,323, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,847 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 53 and State House District 19.
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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