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

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

Rantowles leans slightly Democratic by roughly 8 points: about 54% of voters vote Democratic and 46% Republican.

 

About 79% of adults in Rantowles typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rantowles, ~43% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Rantowles compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Rantowles leans more Democratic than 23 of 36 neighbors.

Rantowles runs about 25 points more Democratic than South Carolina as a whole. South Carolina leans Republican overall, while Rantowles is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Rantowles 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 Rantowles, 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 53% of residents in Rantowles are Black or African American, about 23 points above the South Carolina average of 30%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 31% of adults in Rantowles have never been married, above 78% of cities. Rantowles runs against the grain of South Carolina, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Rantowles, SC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Rantowles looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Rantowles 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 59%, below 61% 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.