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

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

Jacksonboro leans Democratic by roughly 22 points: about 61% of voters vote Democratic and 39% Republican.

 

About 77% of adults in Jacksonboro typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Jacksonboro, ~47% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Jacksonboro compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Jacksonboro leans more Democratic than 42 of 47 neighbors.

Jacksonboro runs about 40 points more Democratic than South Carolina as a whole. South Carolina leans Republican overall, while Jacksonboro is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Jacksonboro. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (D+52) and the east side runs the most Republican (R+8), a spread of about 60 points.

Why Jacksonboro 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 Jacksonboro, 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 77% of residents in Jacksonboro are Black or African American, about 47 points above the South Carolina average of 30%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 33% of adults in Jacksonboro have never been married, above 84% of cities. Jacksonboro runs against the grain of South Carolina, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Jacksonboro, SC sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Jacksonboro looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Jacksonboro 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 62%. 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.