Florence, 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 Florence, 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 Florence, SC
Year
Total registered
2016
132,568
2018
143,457
2020
152,198
2022
140,024
2024
141,864
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+539 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +69 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Florence, SC in Florence, SC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−260
2012
−194
2013
−209
2014
+106
2015
−562
2016
−679
2017
−401
2018
−639
2019
−197
2021
+225
2022
+792
2023
+759
2024
+789
2025
+539
Florence anchors South Carolina's northeastern corridor, where a historically rural electorate has trended toward double-digit Republican margins at the federal level while the McLeod Health complex reshapes the area's workforce and demographic profile.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 36.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.8 points.
A population of 199,675, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,258 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Macon-Bibb County, GA and Albany, GA.
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How did Florence, SC, South Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Florence, SC, South Carolina voted Republican by 9.8 points (R+9.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 91,471 votes cast, 40,683 went Democratic and 49,632 went Republican.
When did Florence, SC, South Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Florence, SC, South Carolina voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Florence, SC, South Carolina?
Florence, SC, South Carolina has a population of 199,675 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Florence, SC, South Carolina?
Median household income in Florence, SC, South Carolina is $55,258 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Florence, SC, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Florence, SC, South Carolina from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
