The town of Chapin, SC has a strong local political system in place. The town is governed by a mayor and four council members, all elected by residents of the town. Elections take place every four years, with the most recent one being held in 2018. The current mayor is Skip Wilson, who was re-elected for his second term in office. The town council members are David Weese, Jeff Cavellier, William Blackford, and Richard Ashby. All of them have been strong proponents of improving the quality of life within the community and have worked together to make positive changes such as installing new sidewalks on Main Street and investing in the local schools. These elected officials have also been very involved in promoting civic engagement throughout the city and encouraging people to get out and vote during elections.
The political climate in Chapin, SC is strongly conservative.
Lexington County, SC is strongly conservative. In Lexington County, SC 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lexington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.1%.
Lexington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chapin, SC is strongly conservative.
Lexington County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Columbia Metro Area is leaning 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.
Chapin, 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 Chapin, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $33,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 852 contributions totaling $128,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)