Walterboro, SC is a small town located in Colleton County with a population of around 5,500 people. In terms of politics, Walterboro votes mainly Republican and has supported conservative candidates during the past few election cycles. The local political landscape is dominated by the Colleton County GOP and they have been successful in electing their preferred candidates. The current mayor of Walterboro is J Willard Alexander who was elected in 2019 after running as a Republican candidate. He is currently serving his first term and has implemented many policies that have benefited the residents of Walterboro. Other local political figures include County Councilman Jerry Woodard, State Representative Robert L Brown III, and State Senator Stephen Goldfinch Jr., all Republicans who have worked hard to improve the quality of life for residents in Walterboro.
The political climate in Walterboro, SC is leaning conservative.
Colleton County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Colleton County, SC 44.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colleton county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Colleton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walterboro, SC is leaning conservative.
Colleton County, South Carolina is somewhat 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.
Walterboro, South Carolina: r r d d 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 Walterboro, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 172 contributions totaling $25,686 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $53,282 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)