- Lead
- 328
- Total
- 40,885
- vs nation
- D+2.3
South Carolina 26th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,516
- Total
- 43,741
- vs nation
- D+1.3
- Lead
- 537
- Total
- 40,664
- vs nation
- R+0.8
- Lead
- 888
- Total
- 38,237
- vs nation
- R+1.5
- Lead
- 732
- Total
- 37,605
- vs nation
- R+5.3
- Lead
- 2,093
- Total
- 31,435
- vs nation
- R+4.2
- Lead
- 1,744
- Total
- 28,320
- vs nation
- R+6.7
- Lead
- 434
- Total
- 22,862
- vs nation
- R+6.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+0.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 108,1462024 5-year
- Population density
- 333 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 324 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $57,7972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 24.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.6 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 35, SC · twin score 87.1
presidential history
Party record book
South Carolina 26th State Senate 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
99.8%
1,663 votes · D+99.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · 99.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
68.3%
7,304 votes · R+38.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 62.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
22,721votes
51.9% of the vote · D+5.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 20,240 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
20,205votes
46.2% of the vote · D+5.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 19,912 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
+123.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+98.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +120.3 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+39.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+16.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +15.4 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 | 45.1%16,091 | 54.9%19,616 | 35,707 |
South Carolina 26th State Senate District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 38.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.8 points.
A population of 108,146, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,797 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 35 and State Senate District 37.
The state-senate 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 26th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/45026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.