Greenville, SC is a vibrant city with a strong political history. The city has always had a proud tradition of civic engagement and voting in local elections. In recent years, Greenville has seen an increase in political activity from both major parties as they compete for seats on the City Council. The leaders of Greenville are focused on finding solutions to pressing issues such as poverty, economic growth, public safety and infrastructure improvements. Candidates for local office often discuss these topics during debates and rallies, encouraging citizens to take part in the process and have their voices heard. This intense engagement in politics by locals shows just how important it is to them to take part in the decision-making process that shapes the future of their community.
The political climate in Greenville, SC is leaning conservative.
Greenville County, SC is moderately conservative. In Greenville County, SC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenville county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.9%.
Greenville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenville, SC is leaning conservative.
Greenville County, South Carolina is moderately 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.
Greenville, 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 Greenville, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,974 contributions totaling $687,262 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,933 contributions totaling $2,022,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $690 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)