Myrtle Beach, SC is a vibrant coastal city with a strong local political presence. The City Council members are responsible for representing the interests of residents and approving budgets and ordinances that guide growth and development of the city. At the state level, Myrtle Beach is represented in the South Carolina House of Representatives by District 104's representative and District 108's senator. Currently, Rep. Jeff Johnson and Senator Greg Hembree are the elected representatives from Myrtle Beach. Residents of Myrtle Beach have access to voting at their local polling places in order to cast ballots for state and local candidates who will make decisions that shape their community. Furthermore, information about upcoming elections can be found on the Horry County Elections website so citizens can stay informed about their right to vote.
The political climate in Myrtle Beach, SC is somewhat 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
Myrtle Beach, SC is somewhat 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Myrtle Beach, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,854 contributions totaling $140,332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,969 contributions totaling $757,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)