Sumter, South Carolina is a vibrant and diverse city with a strong political foundation. The city has a long and rich history of involvement in the political system. It is home to the Sumter County Board of Commissioners, which oversees county government services and activities. Additionally, the Sumter City Council acts as the governing body for the city. Election Day is always an exciting time in Sumter, as the citizens make their voices heard by voting for local candidates who will represent their interests in their community. Sumter residents are passionate about their political beliefs and are eager to take part in discussions on important issues related to their city. In recent years, there have been many hotly contested elections for mayor and council seats that have kept people engaged in local politics. Overall, Sumter is an active participant in state and national politics, with its citizens proud of their civic engagement at all levels of government.
The political climate in Sumter, SC is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Sumter County, SC 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumter county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Sumter county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sumter, SC is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Sumter Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Sumter, South Carolina: r d D D D D
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 Sumter, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,197 contributions totaling $721,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,770 contributions totaling $417,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)