- Lead
- 6,904
- Total
- 20,093
- vs nation
- R+32.9
South Carolina 43rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,137
- Total
- 19,916
- vs nation
- R+35.3
- Lead
- 5,030
- Total
- 17,973
- vs nation
- R+30.1
- Lead
- 3,172
- Total
- 16,705
- vs nation
- R+22.8
- Lead
- 3,033
- Total
- 15,965
- vs nation
- R+26.3
- Lead
- 3,566
- Total
- 12,974
- vs nation
- R+25.0
- Lead
- 2,617
- Total
- 10,932
- vs nation
- R+24.5
- Lead
- 488
- Total
- 8,929
- vs nation
- R+14.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 40,3412024 5-year
- Population density
- 82 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 495 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,5632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.7 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 65, AL · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 43rd 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
James M. Cox1920
99.9%
750 votes · D+99.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 99.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
73.7%
4,835 votes · R+48.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 66.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,768votes
34.0% of the vote · R+30.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 6,684 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
13,386votes
66.6% of the vote · R+34.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,905 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
+125.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+99.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +120.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+35.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.8 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +32.9 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+34.3, against R+19.0 in 2008. About 53,500 residents lived here, with White alone at 63.7% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.7 points in 1920 and a Republican high of 48.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.4 points.
A population of 40,341, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,563 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 65 and State House District 81.
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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