- Lead
- 5,596
- Total
- 19,288
- vs nation
- R+27.5
South Carolina 60th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,861
- Total
- 19,503
- vs nation
- R+29.4
- Lead
- 5,578
- Total
- 18,481
- vs nation
- R+32.3
- Lead
- 4,916
- Total
- 18,255
- vs nation
- R+30.8
- Lead
- 5,424
- Total
- 18,515
- vs nation
- R+36.6
- Lead
- 6,015
- Total
- 16,150
- vs nation
- R+34.8
- Lead
- 5,410
- Total
- 13,512
- vs nation
- R+40.6
- Lead
- 3,623
- Total
- 11,478
- vs nation
- R+40.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 40,9272024 5-year
- Population density
- 91 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 449 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $61,2342024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 30.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 155, GA · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 60th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
99.5%
925 votes · D+98.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 99.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.5%
7,204 votes · R+53.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 72.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,236votes
37.1% of the vote · R+24.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 6,740 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,336votes
64.0% of the vote · R+29.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,097 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
+116.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+91.0 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +114.8 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+65.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +40.6 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+29, this district of roughly 41,000 residents sits well outside competitive range, making it a benchmark for measuring the floor of GOP strength in the state house.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 53.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.0 points.
A population of 40,927, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,234 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 155 and State House District 10.
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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