The town of Ware Shoals, SC, has a strong history of political involvement. Residents take great pride in their community and have been known to take part in local political forums and debates. On the local level, Ware Shoals has seen many changes over the years, including new initiatives in education and economic development. The town is represented by several representatives on the state and national level as well. These representatives focus on issues that affect the people of Ware Shoals directly, such as taxes, jobs, healthcare, transportation, public safety, and environmental policies. Overall, politics remain an important factor in shaping life in Ware Shoals today.
The political climate in Ware Shoals, SC is somewhat conservative.
Greenwood County, SC is moderately conservative. In Greenwood County, SC 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 37.9%.
Greenwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ware Shoals, SC is somewhat conservative.
Greenwood County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Greenwood Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ware Shoals, 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 Ware Shoals, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $2,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $8,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)