- Lead
- 8,959
- Total
- 25,061
- vs nation
- R+34.3
South Carolina 35th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,354
- Total
- 22,053
- vs nation
- R+37.8
- Lead
- 7,160
- Total
- 17,972
- vs nation
- R+41.9
- Lead
- 6,322
- Total
- 16,027
- vs nation
- R+43.3
- Lead
- 5,774
- Total
- 15,714
- vs nation
- R+44.0
- Lead
- 6,320
- Total
- 14,177
- vs nation
- R+42.1
- Lead
- 5,308
- Total
- 11,950
- vs nation
- R+44.9
- Lead
- 3,206
- Total
- 9,873
- vs nation
- R+41.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+35.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 41,6822024 5-year
- Population density
- 420 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 99.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $102,4962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95.8 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 59, MS · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 35th 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
97.9%
883 votes · D+95.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 96.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
83.0%
4,668 votes · R+68.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 76.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
7,874votes
31.4% of the vote · R+35.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 7,159 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
16,833votes
67.2% of the vote · R+35.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 14,513 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
+116.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+90.5 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +113.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+48.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+26.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +45.0 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.
Its Republican presidential margin was R+35.8 in 2024 and R+36.7 in 2008. The district had about 44,900 residents, 66.6% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 68.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.7 points.
A population of 41,682, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $102,496 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 59 and State House District 50.
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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