- Lead
- 3,585
- Total
- 22,665
- vs nation
- R+14.3
South Carolina 27th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,934
- Total
- 22,095
- vs nation
- R+17.7
- Lead
- 4,060
- Total
- 19,082
- vs nation
- R+23.4
- Lead
- 4,128
- Total
- 17,121
- vs nation
- R+28.0
- Lead
- 3,407
- Total
- 16,934
- vs nation
- R+27.4
- Lead
- 4,468
- Total
- 14,926
- vs nation
- R+27.5
- Lead
- 3,908
- Total
- 12,389
- vs nation
- R+32.1
- Lead
- 2,245
- Total
- 10,702
- vs nation
- R+29.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+15.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,1082024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,839 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 22.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $89,7662024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98.1 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 28, SC · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 27th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
98.7%
776 votes · D+97.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1912 · 98.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
78.6%
4,013 votes · R+59.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 71.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,371votes
42.4% of the vote · R+13.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 9,369 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,954votes
57.2% of the vote · R+15.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,305 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
+120.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+95.0 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +119.4 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+44.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+22.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +36.7 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.
The district recorded a Republican presidential margin of R+15.9 in 2024, compared with R+20.1 in 2008. The district had about 15,800 residents, 66.8% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 59.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.8 points.
A population of 42,108, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,766 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 28 and State House District 56.
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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