Rock Hill, SC is a vibrant city located in the state of South Carolina. It is home to many businesses and organizations and has a strong sense of community. The city is governed by elected officials who work to ensure that citizens have access to quality services, education, health care, and economic opportunity. In recent years, Rock Hill has seen a surge in diversity with people from all walks of life calling it home. Local politics in Rock Hill are largely based around addressing issues that are important to the citizens including: public safety, infrastructure development, environmental protection, budgeting, and education funding. Candidates running for office come from different backgrounds and political ideologies making sure that everyone’s voice is heard when important decisions are made.
The political climate in Rock Hill, SC is leaning 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
Rock Hill, SC is leaning 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.
Rock Hill, 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 Rock Hill, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,135 contributions totaling $252,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,149 contributions totaling $660,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $575 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)