Edisto Beach is a small coastal community located in South Carolina, and the local politics reflect the values of this area. The city government prides itself on being efficient and accessible to all residents. The mayor and members of the city council are elected from within the town, ensuring that the people’s voice is heard. They strive to create a safe environment for locals and visitors alike, while promoting economic growth in Edisto Beach. Along with this, they also focus on preserving the natural beauty of their town by investing in environmental initiatives like coastal clean-ups and green infrastructure projects. With programs like these, Edisto Beach ensures that it remains a place where people can enjoy its stunning shoreline and relaxed atmosphere.
The political climate in Edisto Beach, SC is somewhat conservative.
Colleton County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Colleton County, SC 44.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colleton county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Colleton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edisto Beach, SC is somewhat conservative.
Colleton County, South Carolina 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.
Edisto Beach, South Carolina: r r d 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 Edisto Beach, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132 contributions totaling $6,913 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $24,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)