Burton, SC is a small town in South Carolina with a vibrant community. It is home to many local businesses, churches and other organizations that are important to the community. While the town does not have its own elected representatives, it is part of larger state and federal government districts which have their own political representatives. The current Senator for the region is Lindsey Graham and the Representative is Joe Cunningham. Both of these officials work hard to represent the interests of Burton and its residents on a state and national level. Additionally, local campaigns often happen in order to bring awareness to issues that affect Burton, such as taxes or infrastructure projects. This allows the town’s citizens to become involved in their government and have their voices heard. Overall, politics in Burton are an important part of keeping the town running smoothly as well as giving voice to its citizens.
The political climate in Burton, SC is leaning conservative.
Beaufort County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Beaufort County, SC 44.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaufort county remained moderately Republican, 54.4% to 44.4%.
Beaufort county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burton, SC is leaning conservative.
Beaufort County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Burton, 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 Burton, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 602 contributions totaling $57,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 336 contributions totaling $67,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)