- Lead
- 4,656
- Total
- 23,387
- vs nation
- R+18.4
South Carolina 117th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,337
- Total
- 18,258
- vs nation
- R+22.7
- Lead
- 2,918
- Total
- 11,689
- vs nation
- R+27.1
- Lead
- 2,237
- Total
- 9,932
- vs nation
- R+26.4
- Lead
- 1,982
- Total
- 9,448
- vs nation
- R+28.3
- Lead
- 2,353
- Total
- 7,819
- vs nation
- R+27.6
- Lead
- 1,524
- Total
- 6,348
- vs nation
- R+24.5
- Lead
- 1,021
- Total
- 4,797
- vs nation
- R+29.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,1762024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,240 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 34 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $82,4792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 18.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+100.0 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.0 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 17, GA · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 117th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1884) · 36 presidential cycles · 36 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
100.0%
90 votes · D+100.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 100.0%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
73.0%
2,653 votes · R+47.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 70.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
9,216votes
39.4% of the vote · R+19.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 7,306 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
13,872votes
59.3% of the vote · R+19.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 10,643 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
+116.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+89.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +112.2 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+59.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bob Dole, 1996 · +29.8 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+19.9, District 117 leans heavily toward Republican candidates at the federal level, though state legislative contests can draw competitive local dynamics in this 42,000-resident Lowcountry district.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100.0 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 47.0 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.9 points.
A population of 42,176, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,479 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 17 and State House District 100.
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 117th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/45117/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.