Gardens Corner, SC Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Gardens Corner

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

Gardens Corner leans heavily Democratic by roughly 38 points: about 69% of voters vote Democratic and 31% Republican.

 

About 63% of adults in Gardens Corner typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gardens Corner, ~43% vote Democratic, ~20% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Gardens Corner compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Gardens Corner leans more Democratic than 43 of 46 neighbors.

Gardens Corner runs about 56 points more Democratic than South Carolina as a whole. South Carolina leans Republican overall, while Gardens Corner is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Gardens Corner. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+57) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+7), a spread of about 64 points.

Why Gardens Corner 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 Gardens Corner, 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 73% of residents in Gardens Corner are Black or African American, about 43 points above the South Carolina average of 30%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 32% of adults in Gardens Corner have never been married, above 81% of cities. Gardens Corner runs against the grain of South Carolina, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Gardens Corner, SC sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Gardens Corner looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Gardens Corner 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 60%, modestly above similar-sized cities (around 47%). 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.