- Lead
- 7,193
- Total
- 17,584
- vs nation
- R+39.4
South Carolina 96th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,297
- Total
- 16,334
- vs nation
- R+43.0
- Lead
- 6,543
- Total
- 14,197
- vs nation
- R+48.2
- Lead
- 6,207
- Total
- 13,190
- vs nation
- R+50.9
- Lead
- 6,094
- Total
- 12,881
- vs nation
- R+54.6
- Lead
- 5,894
- Total
- 11,030
- vs nation
- R+51.0
- Lead
- 5,009
- Total
- 9,750
- vs nation
- R+51.9
- Lead
- 3,062
- Total
- 7,339
- vs nation
- R+50.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 40,9832024 5-year
- Population density
- 254 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 161 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,4562024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+97.1 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 49, AL · twin score 95.1
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 96th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
98.6%
204 votes · D+97.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 98.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
87.8%
3,171 votes · R+76.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 84.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
5,079votes
28.9% of the vote · R+40.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,889 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,272votes
69.8% of the vote · R+40.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 11,186 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
+121.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+95.9 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +115.4 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+76.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · +56.2 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+40.9, District 96 ranks among the state's most one-sided legislative constituencies, reflecting a rural and small-town electorate that has moved steadily away from competitive status over the past two decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 97.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 76.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.9 points.
A population of 40,983, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,456 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 49 and State House District 88.
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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South Carolina 96th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/45096/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.