Briarcliffe Acres leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% Republican.
About 76% of adults in Briarcliffe Acres typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Briarcliffe Acres, ~28% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Briarcliffe Acres compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Briarcliffe Acres leans more Republican than 7 of 40 neighbors.
Briarcliffe Acres runs about 9 points more Republican than South Carolina as a whole.
Why Briarcliffe Acres 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 Briarcliffe Acres, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Briarcliffe Acres votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 48%, well above the South Carolina average of 24%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Briarcliffe Acres, SC sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Briarcliffe Acres looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Briarcliffe Acres is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Briarcliffe Acres have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Atlantic Beach, SC R+16
- North Myrtle Beach, SC R+30
- Wampee, SC R+18
- Ocean Forest, SC R+46
- Nixonville, SC R+48
- Longs, SC R+27
- Little River, SC R+34
- Myrtle Beach, SC R+24
- Shell, SC R+56
- Calabash, NC R+32
Cities with Similar Populations
- Speed, WV R+60
- Nogalus, TX R+78
- Florence, VT R+15
- Suwannee Valley, FL R+52
- Taconite, MN R+30
- Ridenour, TN R+71
- Richardson, IL R+33
- Princeton, PA R+51
- Elmwood Park, WI D+13
- Black Creek, NY R+54
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.