South Carolina 53rd State House District, South Carolina: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+25%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 54,9842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,9152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38 in 1972MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 9,472 | 15,712 | 25,466 | ||
| R | 10,154 | 14,862 | 25,268 | ||
| R | 8,713 | 12,179 | 21,510 | ||
| R | 9,570 | 10,808 | 20,576 | ||
| R | 9,146 | 10,213 | 19,581 | ||
| R | 7,282 | 8,752 | 16,152 | ||
| R | 6,870 | 7,611 | 14,663 | ||
| D | 6,444 | 5,027 | 12,423 | ||
| D | 6,359 | 5,257 | 13,237 | ||
| R | 5,149 | 6,156 | 11,388 | ||
| R | 4,992 | 6,830 | 11,894 | ||
| D | 6,732 | 4,481 | 11,409 | ||
| D | 7,805 | 3,409 | 11,245 | ||
| R | 2,928 | 6,536 | 9,542 | ||
| O | 3,124 | 3,175 | 10,660 | ||
| D | 4,548 | 3,312 | 7,860 | ||
| D | 4,485 | 1,864 | 6,349 | ||
| D | 3,469 | 1,010 | 5,347 | ||
| D | 4,667 | 2,152 | 6,820 | ||
| O | 839 | 39 | 2,434 | ||
| D | 2,753 | 18 | 2,828 | ||
| D | 2,618 | 23 | 2,641 | ||
| D | 2,801 | 0 | 2,815 | ||
| D | 2,100 | 0 | 2,120 | ||
| D | 1,287 | 23 | 1,310 | ||
| D | 1,365 | 9 | 1,375 | ||
| D | 1,797 | 13 | 1,810 | ||
| D | 1,669 | 3 | 1,675 | ||
| D | 1,083 | 0 | 1,088 | ||
| D | 1,420 | 43 | 1,464 | ||
| D | 1,210 | 25 | 1,236 | ||
| D | 1,245 | 60 | 1,305 | ||
| D | 1,441 | 201 | 1,644 | ||
| D | 1,517 | 371 | 1,928 | ||
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Demographics
South Carolina 53rd State House District sits in the Deep South. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the district voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the lingering memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in South Carolina 53rd State House District as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in South Carolina 53rd State House District, by a five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points.
The political shift has tracked, in South Carolina 53rd State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,915, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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State House District 53, South Carolina. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/45053/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.