South Sumter, SC is a small town in the South Carolina Lowcountry. It is an area with a rich history and lots of local charm. Although it may be small in size, the politics of South Sumter still make waves throughout the state. Local politics often center around issues that affect the everyday lives of citizens, from education to infrastructure to health care. Candidates for office are often committed to improving their community in order to make life better for all residents. Political discourse can be heated at times, but there is usually a mutual respect among those involved in order to ensure that all citizens’ voices are heard.
The political climate in South Sumter, SC is moderately 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
South Sumter, SC is moderately 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.
South 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 South Sumter, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 428 contributions totaling $153,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $77,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)