Graniteville, SC is a small city with a population of about 8,000 people located in the Midlands of South Carolina. It is an independent municipality and is governed by a City Council that consists of six elected officials who are chosen through local elections to serve four-year terms. The political climate in Graniteville is generally stable as the community has been relatively unaffected by the recent turbulence experienced in state and federal politics. In terms of the local political candidates, there are typically two or three people vying for each position on the City Council each election cycle. These candidates tend to be individuals from the local area who have a strong commitment to serving their community and making positive changes within it. They also have experience with government work, either as incumbents or in other roles such as advisors and volunteers. Ultimately, Graniteville's political environment is conducive to ensuring the well-being of its citizens and allowing them to live in a safe, prosperous, and equitable society.
The political climate in Graniteville, SC is leaning conservative.
Aiken County, SC is moderately conservative. In Aiken County, SC 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aiken county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.6% to 37.9%.
Aiken county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Graniteville, SC is leaning conservative.
Aiken County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Graniteville, 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 Graniteville, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $10,742 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $34,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)