Bloomingvale, SC Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Bloomingvale

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Bloomingvale leans slightly Democratic by roughly 10 points: about 55% of voters vote Democratic and 45% Republican.

 

About 78% of adults in Bloomingvale typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bloomingvale, ~43% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Bloomingvale compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Bloomingvale leans more Democratic than 27 of 42 neighbors.

Bloomingvale runs about 27 points more Democratic than South Carolina as a whole. South Carolina leans Republican overall, while Bloomingvale is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Bloomingvale. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+21) and the east side runs the most Republican (R+29), a spread of about 50 points.

Why Bloomingvale leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Bloomingvale, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 57% of residents in Bloomingvale are Black or African American, about 27 points above the South Carolina average of 30%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 42% of adults in Bloomingvale have never been married, above 95% of cities. Bloomingvale runs against the grain of South Carolina, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Bloomingvale, SC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Bloomingvale looks the way it does

Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Bloomingvale sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from South Carolina State Election Commission, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.