Beaufort, SC is a town located in South Carolina that has been around since 1711. It is a historic city with a rich culture and unique landscape. The politics in Beaufort are heavily based on the values of the local citizens, which is focused on improving the community through local initiatives and collaboration between different groups. There has been an effort to engage citizens in political activities, as well as encouraging people to run for local offices. Local elections and referendums have given citizens an opportunity to make their voices heard. There have also been efforts to create a more transparent government by creating public forums about various issues facing the city. Overall, politics in Beaufort aim to put citizens first and promote public engagement with the goal of creating a better tomorrow for everyone.
The political climate in Beaufort, SC is leaning conservative.
Beaufort County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Beaufort County, SC 44.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaufort county remained moderately Republican, 54.4% to 44.4%.
Beaufort county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Beaufort, SC is leaning conservative.
Beaufort County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Beaufort, 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 Beaufort, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,851 contributions totaling $166,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,051 contributions totaling $221,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)