Epworth is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Epworth typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Epworth, ~11% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Epworth compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Epworth is the most Republican-leaning.
Epworth runs about 55 points more Republican than South Carolina as a whole.
Why Epworth 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 Epworth, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 12% of adults in Epworth hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the South Carolina average of 23%.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Epworth, SC does.
Why turnout in Epworth looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Epworth have completed high school, about 10 points above the South Carolina average of 87%. 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.