- Lead
- 6,163
- Total
- 23,573
- vs nation
- R+24.7
South Carolina 28th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,784
- Total
- 21,465
- vs nation
- R+26.7
- Lead
- 5,012
- Total
- 17,514
- vs nation
- R+30.7
- Lead
- 4,977
- Total
- 15,839
- vs nation
- R+35.3
- Lead
- 4,294
- Total
- 15,591
- vs nation
- R+34.8
- Lead
- 5,145
- Total
- 13,848
- vs nation
- R+34.7
- Lead
- 4,432
- Total
- 11,502
- vs nation
- R+39.1
- Lead
- 2,747
- Total
- 9,707
- vs nation
- R+36.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 40,5842024 5-year
- Population density
- 328 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 124 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $81,5662024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 67.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98.0 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 27, SC · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 28th 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%
625 votes · D+97.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 98.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
81.7%
3,943 votes · R+65.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 74.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,511votes
36.1% of the vote · R+26.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,146 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
14,674votes
62.2% of the vote · R+26.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,930 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
+120.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+94.4 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +120.5 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+53.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.9 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +42.4 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.
South Carolina House District 28 delivered a 26.1-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, signaling a voter base that has trended consistently rightward. Its roughly 40,000 residents reflect the rural and small-town character common to the Lowcountry's inland corridors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 65.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.1 points.
A population of 40,584, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,566 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 27 and State House District 18.
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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