Lugoff, SC is a small rural community located in Kershaw County. It is home to a close-knit network of families and neighbors who are passionate about their local politics. In Lugoff, citizens take pride in having the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns about current political issues. The community is represented by elected officials on both the state and county levels, all of whom strive to make decisions that will better their constituents’ lives. People in Lugoff are deeply engaged in the process of selecting their elected representatives, as they understand how important it is to vote for leaders that will truly represent them. As such, there are often heated debates among residents about which candidate best reflects their values and ideals. Despite its small size, Lugoff’s commitment to civic engagement ensures that its residents’ perspectives are always taken into account by local politicians.
The political climate in Lugoff, SC is moderately conservative.
Kershaw County, SC is moderately conservative. In Kershaw County, SC 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kershaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Kershaw county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lugoff, SC is moderately conservative.
Kershaw County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Columbia 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.
Lugoff, 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 Lugoff, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $7,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $25,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)