Florence, South Carolina is a city with a rich history of political involvement. The city has seen its citizens take meaningful action to ensure their voices are heard through the ballot box. The Florence area is represented in the state legislature by Deon J. Cobb, District 63 and Jackie E. Hayes, District 64 in the House of Representatives. They work together to ensure that issues important to their constituents are addressed at the local, state and national levels. Along with those representatives, Florence voters also have numerous opportunities to determine who will lead them locally in elected offices such as Mayor and City Council members. With the help of these leaders, the people of Florence are able to not only express their opinions on a wide variety of topics but also shape policy decisions that affect their lives on a daily basis.
The political climate in Florence, SC is leaning liberal.
Florence County, SC is leaning conservative. In Florence County, SC 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Florence county remained narrowly Republican, 50.6% to 48.3%.
Florence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Florence, SC is leaning liberal.
Florence County, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence Metro Area is leaning 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.
Florence, 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 Florence, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,968 contributions totaling $237,626 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,940 contributions totaling $1,029,143 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $530 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)