Batesburg-Leesville is a small town in the state of South Carolina. It has a rich history and is known for its community spirit. The town's politics are closely monitored by its citizens, who are passionate about the local issues that affect their lives. There are two main political parties in Batesburg-Leesville: Democrats and Republicans. The Democrats tend to favor progressive policies, while the Republicans favor conservative ones. Local candidates often debate on various topics such as education, taxes, infrastructure, development, and social justice. During election campaigns, local citizens come out in force to show their support for their favorite candidates. In general, Batesburg-Leesville residents tend to be politically engaged and have strong opinions on what they believe should be done for the benefit of their community.
The political climate in Batesburg-Leesville, SC is moderately conservative.
Lexington County, SC is strongly conservative. In Lexington County, SC 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lexington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.1%.
Lexington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Batesburg-Leesville, SC is moderately conservative.
Lexington County, South Carolina is strongly 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.
Batesburg-Leesville, 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 Batesburg-Leesville, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $3,836 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 202 contributions totaling $38,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)