Myrtle Beach, SC is a popular beach town located in South Carolina. It has a rich political landscape that plays an important role in the city's development and growth. The mayor of Myrtle Beach is Brenda Bethune, who was elected in 2019. At the county level, Horry County Councilman Tyler Servant represents Myrtle Beach on County Council District 4. At the state level, the region is represented by Senator Luke Rankin and House Member Lee Hewitt of District 106. This representation helps to ensure that the interests of Myrtle Beach residents are heard at both local and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 29579 (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 29579 (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 29579 (Myrtle Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 481 contributions totaling $17,571 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 482 contributions totaling $72,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)