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

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

Okatie leans slightly Republican by roughly 12 points: about 44% of voters vote Democratic and 56% Republican.

 

About 97% of adults in Okatie typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Okatie, ~43% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~2% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Okatie compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Okatie leans more Republican than 28 of 47 neighbors.

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

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Okatie. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+28) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+5), a spread of about 24 points.

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

Okatie votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 47%, well above the South Carolina average of 24%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

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

Why turnout in Okatie looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Okatie 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 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Okatie have completed high school, above 95% 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.