The city of Clemson, SC is a vibrant and growing community located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Politics in Clemson are largely driven by local issues that are important to its citizens, such as public safety, sustainability initiatives, and economic development. Local elections are held every two years to elect representatives to serve on the Clemson City Council. Additionally, county and state-level elections also shape politics in Clemson. County-level representatives seek to ensure that services like police protection and road maintenance are provided effectively to residents. State-level representatives work toward creating laws and regulations that will benefit the wider region. All elections in Clemson have high voter turnout due to citizens' passion for their local politics and their desire for continued growth and progress in their city.
The political climate in Clemson, SC is somewhat conservative.
Pickens County, SC is very conservative. In Pickens County, SC 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 23.7%.
Pickens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clemson, SC is somewhat conservative.
Pickens County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Greenville-Anderson 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.
Clemson, 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 Clemson, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,805 contributions totaling $295,771 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 678 contributions totaling $177,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)