- Lead
- 11,697
- Total
- 28,748
- vs nation
- R+39.2
South Carolina 106th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,977
- Total
- 26,764
- vs nation
- R+41.7
- Lead
- 8,790
- Total
- 20,403
- vs nation
- R+45.2
- Lead
- 6,124
- Total
- 17,069
- vs nation
- R+39.7
- Lead
- 4,922
- Total
- 15,866
- vs nation
- R+38.3
- Lead
- 3,927
- Total
- 12,320
- vs nation
- R+29.4
- Lead
- 2,420
- Total
- 10,709
- vs nation
- R+23.1
- Lead
- 858
- Total
- 8,264
- vs nation
- R+18.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,0592024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,611 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 26.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,8132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 104, SC · twin score 96.3
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 106th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 37 with a vote-share denominator · 33 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
100.0%
431 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · 100.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
78.4%
2,462 votes · R+58.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 72.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,398votes
29.2% of the vote · R+40.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,281 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
20,095votes
69.9% of the vote · R+40.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 18,258 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
+125.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+100.0 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +117.6 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+51.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+29.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +45.2 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 exceeding 40 points, District 106 ranks among the least competitive legislative districts in South Carolina, suggesting a demographically homogeneous electorate with deeply consistent partisan preferences.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1924 and a Republican high of 58.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.7 points.
A population of 42,059, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,813 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 104 and State Legislative Subdistrict 38C.
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
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
South Carolina 106th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/45106/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.