Fort Mill, SC is a town located in York County. It has a vibrant political climate with local elections held every two years. The town is governed by a mayor and six members of the city council, each of whom represent one of the city's six wards. In addition to the mayor and city council, there are several other elected officials such as county commissioners, state representatives, and senators who serve Fort Mill residents. The Town Council holds regular meetings where members discuss pressing issues in Fort Mill such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure projects, and quality-of-life initiatives. Residents are encouraged to get involved in their community by attending meetings or staying informed about current events through local news outlets. Local political candidates also hold public events throughout the year where they can meet constituents and share their views on the important issues facing Fort Mill.
The political climate in Fort Mill, SC is somewhat conservative.
York County, SC is moderately conservative. In York County, SC 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 41.0%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Mill, SC is somewhat conservative.
York County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia 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.
Fort Mill, 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 Fort Mill, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,591 contributions totaling $137,044 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 776 contributions totaling $240,479 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)