York, SC is a small town in South Carolina located about 25 miles southwest of Charlotte. It has a population of around 7,000 people and is the county seat of York County. The political landscape of York is heavily influenced by its location in the center of the conservative-leaning south. At the local level, elections are often fought along party lines with Republicans dominating most elections. Local politicians focus on issues like education, public safety, economic development and rural infrastructure. With close proximity to major cities like Charlotte, there are also discussions revolving around how to best manage issues such as growth and urban sprawl. In recent years, local leaders have been working on ways to properly manage and ensure growth while maintaining the unique character that makes York so special.
The political climate in York, 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
York, 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.
York, 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 York, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 172 contributions totaling $33,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 207 contributions totaling $199,489 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $964 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)