Lancaster, South Carolina is a small town located in the north-central part of the state. Although Lancaster is quite small, it has an active political atmosphere and is home to a number of local political candidates. The city’s mayor is currently Bill Davis who was elected in 2017 after having served as a city councilman for many years prior. Lancaster also elects five members to its City Council to manage the day-to-day operations of the municipality and other important matters affecting the community. All five seats are up for election every four years with two or more incumbents typically running again. In addition to local elections, this town also votes in all state and national elections as well. As a result of their involvement in politics, citizens from Lancaster have seen great improvements in their quality of life over the last few years with new job opportunities and infrastructure investments being made regularly.
The political climate in Lancaster, SC is leaning conservative.
Lancaster County, SC is moderately conservative. In Lancaster County, SC 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 38.0%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lancaster, SC is leaning conservative.
Lancaster 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.
Lancaster, 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 Lancaster, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 235 contributions totaling $11,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $154,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $624 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)