- Lead
- 1,307
- Total
- 17,442
- vs nation
- R+6.0
South Carolina 98th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,089
- Total
- 18,817
- vs nation
- R+10.2
- Lead
- 2,928
- Total
- 15,792
- vs nation
- R+20.6
- Lead
- 2,454
- Total
- 14,166
- vs nation
- R+21.2
- Lead
- 2,215
- Total
- 13,044
- vs nation
- R+24.3
- Lead
- 2,945
- Total
- 10,303
- vs nation
- R+26.1
- Lead
- 2,221
- Total
- 8,438
- vs nation
- R+26.8
- Lead
- 1,427
- Total
- 6,814
- vs nation
- R+29.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+7.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 41,8072024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,143 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 13.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,3682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94.2 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 94, SC · twin score 91.0
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 98th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1900–2024 · 32 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
96.8%
368 votes · D+94.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 96.0%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
75.8%
1,294 votes · R+51.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 68.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,638votes
45.9% of the vote · R+5.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 7,930 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
9,727votes
51.7% of the vote · R+5.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 9,237 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
+115.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+90.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +109.6 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+74.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bob Dole, 1996 · +29.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | R | 48.2%6,131 | 51.8%6,589 | 12,720 |
South Carolina 98th State House District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 51.7 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.5 points.
A population of 41,807, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,368 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 94 and State House District 147.
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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