The Bennettsville, SC Metro Area is a vibrant and growing community located in Marlboro County. The region is served by a variety of local elected officials who are committed to ensuring the area is a safe and prosperous place to live and work. These officials are responsible for addressing the needs of their constituents in areas such as economic development, public safety, health care, education, and infrastructure. The area has seen significant growth recently, which has brought increased investment into the region and more jobs for its citizens. Local political candidates for various positions work hard to provide opportunities that will improve quality of life in the metropolitan area. This includes supporting policies that create jobs for residents while also providing them with access to quality educational options and other services. The local government is constantly striving to make Bennettsville an even better place to live and work through careful planning and community engagement initiatives.
The political climate in Bennettsville Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Bennettsville Metro Area 55.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Bennettsville metro area remained strongly Democratic, 55.0% to 44.1%.
The Bennettsville metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bennettsville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bennettsville, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Bennettsville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $8,795 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $16,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)