- Lead
- 4,196
- Total
- 10,095
- vs nation
- D+43.0
South Carolina 72nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,692
- Total
- 11,622
- vs nation
- D+44.5
- Lead
- 5,464
- Total
- 12,176
- vs nation
- D+42.8
- Lead
- 5,137
- Total
- 11,303
- vs nation
- D+41.6
- Lead
- 4,978
- Total
- 11,688
- vs nation
- D+35.3
- Lead
- 2,780
- Total
- 9,265
- vs nation
- D+32.5
- Lead
- 2,106
- Total
- 8,222
- vs nation
- D+25.1
- Lead
- 1,858
- Total
- 6,797
- vs nation
- D+18.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+41.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,0412024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,051 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 20.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $40,6822024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 58.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 27.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1900MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+14.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 15, TN · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 72nd 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
William J. Bryan1900
100.0%
33 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 99.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
56.3%
2,257 votes · R+14.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · 55.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,532votes
73.4% of the vote · D+49.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 8,417 votes
Republican
John McCain2008
3,268votes
28.0% of the vote · D+42.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 3,160 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
+120.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+95.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +115.1 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+28.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+5.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +11.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+41.5, this Columbia-area district ranks among the state's most reliably Democratic constituencies, likely anchored by majority-Black precincts and urban density that consistently produce lopsided results.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1900 and a Republican high of 14.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.6 points.
A population of 42,041, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $40,682 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 15 and State House District 21.
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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