- Lead
- 160
- Total
- 25,169
- vs nation
- D+0.8
South Carolina 116th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,554
- Total
- 23,966
- vs nation
- D+2.0
- Lead
- 313
- Total
- 18,438
- vs nation
- R+0.4
- Lead
- 568
- Total
- 17,189
- vs nation
- R+7.2
- Lead
- 341
- Total
- 16,416
- vs nation
- R+5.2
- Lead
- 1,531
- Total
- 14,487
- vs nation
- R+8.1
- Lead
- 1,630
- Total
- 11,892
- vs nation
- R+14.2
- Lead
- 1,069
- Total
- 10,149
- vs nation
- R+19.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+0.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 41,9662024 5-year
- Population density
- 123 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 340 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $91,0182024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 27.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89.7 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 19, AL · twin score 66.1
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 116th 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
94.8%
788 votes · D+89.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 93.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
72.4%
4,691 votes · R+46.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 72.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
12,553votes
52.4% of the vote · D+6.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 12,299 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
12,459votes
49.5% of the vote · R+0.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 10,999 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
James M. Cox1920
+103.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+77.0 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +98.2 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+66.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+44.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +34.0 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 just 0.7 points, this 42,000-resident district sits at the competitive edge of South Carolina's legislative map, making it a consistent target for both parties in state house races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.7 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 46.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.6 points.
A population of 41,966, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,018 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 19 and State House District 111.
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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