Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic59.4%497TrumpRepublican39.2%328OtherAll other candidates1.3%11
D+20.2
Lead
169
Total
836
vs nation
D+21.7
BidenDemocratic67.1%652TrumpRepublican32.4%315OtherAll other candidates0.4%4
D+34.7
Lead
337
Total
971
vs nation
D+30.3
ClintonDemocratic66.7%560TrumpRepublican31.4%264OtherAll other candidates1.9%16
D+35.2
Lead
296
Total
840
vs nation
D+33.1
ObamaDemocratic70.4%624RomneyRepublican28.2%250OtherAll other candidates1.4%12
D+42.2
Lead
374
Total
886
vs nation
D+38.4
ObamaDemocratic66.5%547McCainRepublican32.6%268OtherAll other candidates1.0%8
D+33.9
Lead
279
Total
823
vs nation
D+26.6
KerryDemocratic61.7%437BushRepublican37.1%263OtherAll other candidates1.1%8
D+24.6
Lead
174
Total
708
vs nation
D+27.0
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+20.2MIT Election Lab
Population
2,8162024 5-year
Population density
1,083 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
2.6 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$53,5192024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
23.4%2024 5-year
Black
53.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
20.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+42.2 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20243 cycles · 3 audited
2024 turnout
48.4%841 participants ÷ 1,736 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+24.9 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+3.3 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
23.5%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%
38.9%
202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
841
1,736 ± 256
48.4%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
637
1,636 ± 258
38.9%
Audited
E/D
971
1,521 ± 250
63.8%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
Arkwright, SC · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
70.4%
624 votes · D+42.2
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 67.1%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
39.2%
328 votes · D+20.2
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 37.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
652votes
67.1% of the vote · D+34.7
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 624 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
328votes
39.2% of the vote · D+20.2
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 315 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
Barack Obama2012
+38.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+42.2 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +33.1 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
−21.7pts R vs U.S.
Place D+20.2 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −26.6 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Arkwright · which candidate this place backed 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. The figures below are Spartanburg County, South Carolina, the county containing Arkwright — Arkwright’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Arkwright, 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.
Arkwright sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.2 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 14.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.2 points.
A population of 2,816, a 23% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,519 describe the city.
In 2024, Arkwright, South Carolina voted Democratic by 20.2 points (D+20.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 836 votes cast, 497 went Democratic and 328 went Republican.
How many people live in Arkwright, South Carolina?
Arkwright, South Carolina has a population of 2,816 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Arkwright, South Carolina?
Median household income in Arkwright, South Carolina is $53,519 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Arkwright, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Arkwright, South Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
