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

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

Kensington leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% Republican.

 

About 71% of adults in Kensington typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kensington, ~31% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Kensington compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Kensington leans more Republican than 14 of 30 neighbors.

Kensington runs about 5 points more Democratic than South Carolina as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Kensington. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (D+54) and the east side runs the most Republican (R+63), a spread of about 117 points.

Why Kensington 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 Kensington, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 85% of residents in Kensington drive to work alone, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Kensington are family households, above 76% of cities.

High-school completion and voter turnout

Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Kensington, SC sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Kensington looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Kensington 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 56%, below 70% of cities. 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.