- Lead
- 7,339
- Total
- 20,429
- vs nation
- R+34.5
South Carolina 37th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,933
- Total
- 18,735
- vs nation
- R+36.1
- Lead
- 4,925
- Total
- 13,588
- vs nation
- R+38.3
- Lead
- 3,700
- Total
- 12,229
- vs nation
- R+34.1
- Lead
- 3,446
- Total
- 12,030
- vs nation
- R+35.9
- Lead
- 3,901
- Total
- 10,782
- vs nation
- R+33.7
- Lead
- 3,143
- Total
- 9,286
- vs nation
- R+34.4
- Lead
- 1,503
- Total
- 7,472
- vs nation
- R+28.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+35.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 41,8052024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,086 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 38.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $68,2972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 44, MS · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 37th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 37 with a vote-share denominator · 33 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
97.5%
1,090 votes · D+95.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 96.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
77.2%
3,664 votes · R+56.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 69.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
6,425votes
31.5% of the vote · R+35.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 6,256 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
13,764votes
67.4% of the vote · R+35.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,189 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
+114.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+88.3 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +106.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+38.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.2 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +36.1 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.
In 2024 it voted Republican by R+36.1, against R+28.6 in 2008. The district had about 16,400 residents, 66.6% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 56.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.9 points.
A population of 41,805, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,297 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 44 and State House District 62.
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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