Murrells Inlet, SC is a small coastal town in South Carolina with a population of approximately 7,539 people. The town is governed by an elected Mayor and Town Council which consists of five members. The mayor is currently Joseph Oakley and the council members are Joshua Suggs, Patrick Harrington, Christie Schubert, Noah Kessinger, and Mary Taylor. The town council meets regularly to discuss issues such as budgeting, infrastructure improvement projects, public utilities services, zoning requests and more. The leading political party in this area is the Republican Party but there are also Democrats and Independents who serve on the Town Council. There are many local initiatives that have been implemented in Murrells Inlet such as encouraging sustainable development practices and creating bicycle lanes to improve safety for commuters. Overall, Murrells Inlet has a strong local government that works hard to ensure its citizens have access to resources they need while also preserving the town's natural beauty.
The political climate in Zip 29576 (Murrells Inlet, SC) is strongly conservative.
Horry County, SC is very conservative. In Horry County, SC 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Horry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 32.9%.
Horry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29576 (Murrells Inlet, SC) is strongly conservative.
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Horry County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach Metro Area is strongly conservative.
South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 29576 (Murrells Inlet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,013 contributions totaling $47,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 543 contributions totaling $149,909 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)