- Lead
- 9,603
- Total
- 26,142
- vs nation
- R+35.3
South Carolina 56th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,319
- Total
- 21,207
- vs nation
- R+34.3
- Lead
- 5,636
- Total
- 14,556
- vs nation
- R+40.8
- Lead
- 3,808
- Total
- 12,226
- vs nation
- R+35.0
- Lead
- 2,989
- Total
- 11,404
- vs nation
- R+33.5
- Lead
- 2,423
- Total
- 8,831
- vs nation
- R+25.0
- Lead
- 1,356
- Total
- 7,722
- vs nation
- R+18.1
- Lead
- 344
- Total
- 6,022
- vs nation
- R+14.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+36.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,3072024 5-year
- Population density
- 764 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 55.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $76,5302024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 94, KY · twin score 94.9
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 56th 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
100.0%
313 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 99.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.8%
1,700 votes · R+54.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 69.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,139votes
31.1% of the vote · R+36.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 7,321 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,742votes
67.9% of the vote · R+36.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,640 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
John W. Davis1924
+124.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+99.4 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +116.8 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+44.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+21.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +40.8 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+36.7, this district ranks among the state's most one-sided, reflecting a rural or exurban electorate that has moved steadily away from competitive territory over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 54.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.7 points.
A population of 42,307, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,530 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 94 and State House District 68.
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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