Meeting Street, SC Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Meeting Street

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

Meeting Street leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.

 

About 74% of adults in Meeting Street typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Meeting Street, ~28% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Meeting Street compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Meeting Street leans more Republican than 15 of 38 neighbors.

Meeting Street runs about 6 points more Republican than South Carolina as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Meeting Street. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+41) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+16), a spread of about 25 points.

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

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Meeting Street are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Meeting Street sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 79% of cities).

Population density, never-married share, and Republican lean

Places that combine low population density and a never-married-heavy adult population tend to lean Republican, as Meeting Street, SC does.

Why turnout in Meeting Street looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Meeting Street own their home, about 13 points above the South Carolina average of 77%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Meeting Street sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.