Spartansburg is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Spartansburg typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spartansburg, ~11% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Spartansburg compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Spartansburg leans more Republican than 76 of 80 neighbors.
Spartansburg runs about 58 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Why Spartansburg 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 Spartansburg, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Spartansburg, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Pennsylvania average of 26%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Spartansburg, PA sits in the bottom quarter 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 Spartansburg looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 70% of adults in Spartansburg have completed high school, about 19 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Five Corners, PA R+61
- Lovell, PA R+49
- Sanford, PA R+56
- Tillotson, PA R+51
- Centerville, PA R+60
- Colza, PA R+53
- Lincolnville, PA R+59
- Corry, PA R+31
- West Spring Creek, PA R+49
- Canadohta Lake, PA R+60
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ghent, NY D+9
- Shelbyville, MI R+36
- Grand Rapids, OH R+35
- Yorkville, NY R+4
- Elkhart Lake, WI R+29
- Melba, ID R+72
- Centuria, WI R+35
- Bayou La Batre, AL R+55
- Mead, OK R+66
- Pine, CO R+4
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Elections, 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.