- Lead
- 5,926
- Total
- 18,401
- vs nation
- R+30.7
South Carolina 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,954
- Total
- 17,626
- vs nation
- R+32.6
- Lead
- 4,751
- Total
- 13,662
- vs nation
- R+36.9
- Lead
- 3,108
- Total
- 11,469
- vs nation
- R+31.0
- Lead
- 2,362
- Total
- 10,722
- vs nation
- R+29.3
- Lead
- 1,955
- Total
- 8,260
- vs nation
- R+21.2
- Lead
- 952
- Total
- 7,246
- vs nation
- R+13.7
- Lead
- 79
- Total
- 5,794
- vs nation
- R+9.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,2642024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,462 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 28.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $72,6342024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+52.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 21, MS · twin score 92.6
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 61st 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%
304 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · 100.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
75.4%
1,533 votes · R+52.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 68.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,222votes
35.3% of the vote · R+28.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 6,144 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,070votes
65.6% of the vote · R+32.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 11,176 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
+125.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+100.0 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +119.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+41.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+18.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +36.9 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 29.5%3,714 | 70.5%8,866 | 12,580 |
| 2018 | R | 32.2%3,908 | 67.8%8,212 | 12,120 |
South Carolina 61st State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1924 and a Republican high of 52.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.2 points.
A population of 42,264, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,634 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 21 and State House District 15.
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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