Fair Play, SC is a small town located in South Carolina with a population of around 3,000 people. The political atmosphere in Fair Play is one that holds strong conservative values and an appreciation of the natural environment surrounding it. Politically speaking, the citizens of Fair Play voice their opinions on a variety of issues such as taxes, education, health care, and other local and national issues. Local politics in Fair Play are represented by the Mayor of Fair Play and two town council members who serve terms of four years each. In addition to these elected officials, all residents have a say in what goes on in their community by voting in local elections when the time comes. Residents have also been known to get involved with making sure their voices are heard by attending public meetings or participating in local advocacy efforts. All together, politics in Fair Play is what drives the community forward and its citizens take pride in exercising their right to vote and participate in making decisions for their future.
The political climate in Fair Play, SC is very conservative.
Oconee County, SC is very conservative. In Oconee County, SC 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oconee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Oconee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fair Play, SC is very conservative.
Oconee County, South Carolina 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.
Fair Play, 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 Fair Play, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 226 contributions totaling $7,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $6,482 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)