Garden City, SC is a small town located in the northeastern corner of South Carolina, known for its close-knit community and beautiful scenery. The local politics of Garden City are largely focused on improving the quality of life for its residents, with an emphasis on public safety, infrastructure development, and economic growth. Local political candidates have put forward initiatives to improve education and create job opportunities in the town, while also looking at ways to make the area more environmentally sustainable. Residents also have a strong sense of civic responsibility, participating in local elections and advocating for their own interests when it comes to issues such as taxation and healthcare. Overall, Garden City's politics emphasize creating an even better environment for its citizens to live in, while also striving towards maintaining its existing charm.
The political climate in Garden City, 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
Garden City, SC 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.
Garden City, 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 Garden City, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,472 contributions totaling $63,852 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 876 contributions totaling $343,783 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)