Pickens County, located in the state of South Carolina, is a place filled with vibrant political activity. The county is home to numerous local candidates and organizations that are actively working to promote the interests of its citizens. From local school board elections to congressional races, Pickens County residents have a variety of ways to get involved in politics. At the county level, Pickens County representatives are elected via popular vote and serve on the County Council and School Board. Additionally, Pickens residents are encouraged to become involved in other political activities such as volunteering for campaigns or attending local debates and forums to learn more about the issues at hand. Through these efforts Pickens County voters can make sure their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions being made at all levels of government.
The political climate in 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
Pickens County, SC 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.
Pickens, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Pickens County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,476 contributions totaling $146,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,044 contributions totaling $224,216 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)