Myrtle Beach is an exciting city in South Carolina with a vibrant political and governmental scene. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, which allows for direct citizen input and encourages open dialogue between the city council and residents. In addition to the elected officials and boards that govern Myrtle Beach, there are many local organizations that are involved in the political process, such as the League of Women Voters, NAACP Myrtle Beach Chapter, and Common Cause SC. These organizations have been actively engaged in advocating for issues on behalf of their constituents over the years. As a result of their efforts, Myrtle Beach has seen a number of positive long-term changes in its political structure and policies.
The political climate in Zip 29572 (Myrtle Beach, SC) is moderately 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 29572 (Myrtle Beach, SC) is moderately conservative.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is moderately 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.
Myrtle Beach, 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 29572 (Myrtle Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 397 contributions totaling $36,811 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 405 contributions totaling $251,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $621 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)