Charleston-North Charleston, SC · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Charleston-North Charleston, SC
Year
Total registered
2016
500,773
2018
562,933
2020
622,354
2022
610,026
2024
628,541
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+9,911 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +145,134 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Charleston-North Charleston, SC in Charleston-North Charleston, SC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+9,394
2012
+9,638
2013
+9,334
2014
+10,122
2015
+12,672
2016
+11,526
2017
+9,669
2018
+8,860
2019
+10,340
2021
+8,744
2022
+10,709
2023
+13,475
2024
+10,740
2025
+9,911
Charleston-North Charleston has shifted from a reliably one-sided coastal enclave into a more competitive metro as in-migration from northeastern and midwestern states accelerates population growth and diversifies the electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 38.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.3 points.
A population of 834,267, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,207 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richmond, VA and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA.
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How did Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina voted Republican by 4.3 points (R+4.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 405,119 votes cast, 190,332 went Democratic and 207,881 went Republican.
When did Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina?
Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina has a population of 834,267 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina?
Median household income in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina is $85,207 — above the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Charleston-North Charleston, SC, South Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 16 went Republican.
