Garden City leans heavily Republican by roughly 30 points: about 35% of voters vote Democratic and 65% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Garden City typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Garden City, ~26% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Garden City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Garden City leans more Republican than 15 of 26 neighbors.
Garden City runs about 12 points more Republican than South Carolina as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Garden City. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+39) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+26), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Garden City 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 Garden City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Garden City votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 85%, far 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; Garden City, 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 Garden City looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Garden City 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Murrells Inlet, SC R+37
- Surfside Beach, SC R+29
- Socastee, SC R+31
- North Litchfield Beach, SC R+37
- Myrtle Beach, SC R+24
- Plantersville, SC D+4
- Pawleys Island, SC R+36
- Waverly Mills, SC R+24
- Yauhannah, SC R+15
- Red Hill, SC R+19
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bloomingdale, NJ R+14
- Buena Vista, VA R+37
- Pelham, NY D+42
- Evington, VA R+45
- Arnaudville, LA R+54
- Pacific, WA D+14
- Oak Island, NC R+30
- Nebraska City, NE R+30
- Broadview, IL D+72
- Eaton, CO R+39
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.