Nimmons is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 76% of adults in Nimmons typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Nimmons, ~14% vote Democratic, ~62% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Nimmons compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Nimmons leans more Republican than 40 of 51 neighbors.
Nimmons runs about 46 points more Republican than South Carolina as a whole.
Why Nimmons 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 Nimmons, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Nimmons are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Nimmons sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 83% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Nimmons, SC sits in the bottom tenth 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 Nimmons looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Nimmons 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%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and more than 99% of households in Nimmons own their home, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Nimmons have completed high school, above 88% 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.