Bush Vote, Income, and Race - South Carolina Counties

Sources of data:
Vote for George W. Bush - SC Counties - 2000
Median Household Income - SC Counties - 1997
Percent White Non-Hispanic - SC Counties - 1999

The rankings for the "Income + Percent White" map on the right (see below) were created by averaging county income rankings and percent white rankings. We know that averaging rankings is not technically correct and that there are more sophisticated ways of analyzing these sorts of data. However, in this case the simple approach we've used produces the same results, and it is much easier for most people to understand.

County	Bush Vote Rank	Income+White Rank
Pickens	1	3
Lexington	2	1
Greenville	3	2
Aiken	4	5
Oconee	5	6
Anderson	6	7
Dorchester	7	8
Spartanburg	8	9
York	9	4
Cherokee	10	13
Kershaw	11	15
Newberry	12	21
Laurens	13	18
Saluda	14	25
Beaufort	15	10
Greenwood	16	16
Berkeley	17	11
Florence	18	22
Horry	19	12
Lancaster	20	14
Union	21	23
Barnwell	22	28
Edgefield	23	31
Abbeville	24	19
Charleston	25	17
Darlington	26	29
Georgetown	27	24
Sumter	28	32
Colleton	29	33
Calhoun	30	30
Chesterfield	31	27
Chester	32	26
Mccormick	33	37
Clarendon	34	39
Dillon	35	34
Richland	36	20
Lee	37	44
Williamsburg	38	45
Marion	39	42
Orangeburg	40	41
Bamberg	41	43
Jasper	42	38
Fairfield	43	35
Hampton	44	36
Marlboro	45	40
Allendale	46	46

Percent of Votes for George W. Bush - Compared with Combined Income and Percent White Rankings