Marion, SC is a small town located in Marion County, South Carolina. The town is governed by a mayor-council form of government where the mayor acts as the chief executive and the town council acts as legislative body. Currently, the mayor of Marion is Mayor Bruce Coleman, who was elected in 2017. The town council consists of six members who are elected by the citizens of Marion and serve four-year terms. The council works with the mayor to make important decisions for the community such as setting local taxes and budgets, determining zoning laws, approving construction projects, and establishing rules for public services and infrastructure. Local elections typically take place in November of even numbered years when candidates campaign for positions on Town Council or to be mayor. Additionally, Marion residents have voting rights in state-wide elections that affect their community as well as county-wide elections that decide issues pertinent to all residents living within Marion County.
The political climate in Marion, SC is moderately liberal.
Marion County, SC is moderately liberal. In Marion County, SC 60.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.3% to 38.8%.
Marion county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion, SC is moderately liberal.
Marion County, South Carolina is moderately liberal.
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.
Marion, South Carolina: D D D D D D
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 Marion, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $16,512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $10,966 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)