Darlington, SC is a small rural town located in South Carolina. It has a unique political climate that reflects its small-town roots. Local politics are focused on community issues, such as education, public safety, and local infrastructure. Community members have the opportunity to engage in local politics by attending city council meetings or joining their local precinct committee. The elected mayor and city council oversee the day-to-day operations of the town, while also working with county and state officials to bring resources and improvements into the community. Everyone in Darlington is invited to participate in local politics through voting in elections or taking part in other civic activities like volunteering for a cause or participating in a discussion forum on an issue important to them.
The political climate in Darlington, SC is leaning liberal.
Darlington County, SC is leaning conservative. In Darlington County, SC 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Darlington county remained Republican, 51.9% to 47.0%.
Darlington county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Darlington, SC is leaning liberal.
Darlington County, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence 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.
Darlington, South Carolina: r r r d 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 Darlington, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 168 contributions totaling $10,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $11,741 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)