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1876–2024
State House District 99·South Carolina

South Carolina 99th State House District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 15 points.

18762024·38 elections
SC
Latest
R+16
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
11,334
2024 ACS

South Carolina 99th State House District, South Carolina: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+16%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1916.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+16MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
11,3342024 5-year
Median household income
$84,4872024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
62.5%2024 5-year
Black
23.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
9.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+100 in 1916MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+39 in 1984MIT Election Lab
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−15.5%
2,1592,9655,200
R
−10.7%
2,1142,6324,831
R
−16.4%
1,4412,0473,686
R
−13.8%
1,3381,7773,170
R
−12.1%
1,3041,6693,012
R
−21.7%
9501,4872,470
R
−16.0%
8291,1522,021
R
−12.6%
6318281,560
R
−15.2%
5918431,662
R
−27.9%
4427881,240
R
−38.5%
3538001,161
R
−13.0%
4666081,093
D
+15.3%
462339805
R
−35.0%
214449672
D
+6.5%
242199666
R
−27.6%
170299468
R
−1.2%
123126249
O
−4.8%
4453187
R
−20.3%
84127212
O
+14.4%
17397
D
+66.7%
28239
D
+70.6%
29534
D
+97.4%
37038
D
+95.8%
46048
D
+68.4%
16319
D
+88.5%
24126
D
+92.9%
27128
D
+100.0%
22022
D
+94.1%
16017
D
+46.2%
291139
D
+72.2%
31536
D
+60.7%
22528
D
+44.1%
24934
R
−5.0%
4752101
No data
No data
No data
No data

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
10.8%
Irish
9.7%
German
9.5%
American
7.0%
Italian
3.7%
French
2.0%
Scottish
1.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.0%
speak English only
Spanish6.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
10.9%
Other Christian
10.0%
Baptist
5.0%
Methodist
5.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

South Carolina 99th State House District sits in the Deep South. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the district voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the lingering memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in South Carolina 99th State House District as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in South Carolina 99th State House District, by a thirteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at thirty-nine points in 1984. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in South Carolina 99th State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $84,487, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 99, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 99, South Carolina voted Republican by 15.5 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 5,200 votes cast, 2,159 went Democratic and 2,965 went Republican.
What is State House District 99, South Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 99, South Carolina as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 15 times, Republican 17 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 99, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 99, South Carolina voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in State House District 99, South Carolina?
State House District 99, South Carolina has a population of 11,334 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 99, South Carolina?
Median household income in State House District 99, South Carolina is $84,487 — above the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of State House District 99, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 99, South Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.