- Lead
- 6,558
- Total
- 18,609
- vs nation
- R+33.8
South Carolina 88th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,365
- Total
- 18,871
- vs nation
- R+38.2
- Lead
- 7,141
- Total
- 16,676
- vs nation
- R+44.9
- Lead
- 6,777
- Total
- 15,380
- vs nation
- R+47.9
- Lead
- 6,635
- Total
- 15,009
- vs nation
- R+51.5
- Lead
- 6,497
- Total
- 12,821
- vs nation
- R+48.2
- Lead
- 5,515
- Total
- 11,377
- vs nation
- R+49.0
- Lead
- 3,333
- Total
- 8,583
- vs nation
- R+47.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+35.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 41,5662024 5-year
- Population density
- 668 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 62.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $71,3922024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.6 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 69, SC · twin score 96.7
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 88th 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
John W. Davis1924
98.8%
165 votes · D+97.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 98.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
86.5%
3,625 votes · R+74.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 83.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,100votes
32.3% of the vote · R+33.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,907 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,465votes
67.0% of the vote · R+35.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 12,465 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
+122.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+97.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +120.8 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+73.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +53.9 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+35.3, District 88 sits well outside competitive territory, reflecting the heavily Republican lean typical of inland South Carolina's rural and small-town communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.6 points in 1924 and a Republican high of 74.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.2 points.
A population of 41,566, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $71,392 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 69 and State House District 8.
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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