Burnettown, SC is a small town located in Aiken County. The local politics of Burnettown are relatively quiet compared to the politics of larger cities and towns. The primary focus for the local government is on taking care of the community through providing services such as road maintenance, fire protection, public safety and other essential services. Local elections are held every four years to elect town officials including mayor, council members and other positions. There are no local political candidates running in Burnettown currently; however, residents have the opportunity to become involved by attending town meetings and voting during elections. Ultimately, the goal of local politics in Burnettown is to ensure that their community remains safe and prosperous for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Burnettown, SC is moderately 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
Burnettown, SC is moderately 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.
Burnettown, 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 Burnettown, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 805 contributions totaling $38,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 410 contributions totaling $101,831 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)