Parkers Ferry, SC Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Parkers Ferry

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

Parkers Ferry leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% Republican.

 

About 70% of adults in Parkers Ferry typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Parkers Ferry, ~42% vote Democratic, ~28% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Parkers Ferry compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Parkers Ferry leans more Democratic than 36 of 44 neighbors.

Parkers Ferry runs about 39 points more Democratic than South Carolina as a whole. South Carolina leans Republican overall, while Parkers Ferry is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Parkers Ferry. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (D+48) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+8), a spread of about 56 points.

Why Parkers Ferry 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 Parkers Ferry, 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 67% of residents in Parkers Ferry are Black or African American, about 37 points above the South Carolina average of 30%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 32% of adults in Parkers Ferry have never been married, above 81% of cities. Parkers Ferry 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; Parkers Ferry, 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 Parkers Ferry looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Parkers Ferry 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 53%, about 7 points below the U.S. average of 60%. 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.