Five Forks, SC is a small town located in the Upstate region of South Carolina. Politically, Five Forks is a conservative stronghold, with an overwhelming majority of voters favoring Republican candidates. Local elections often focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, and education. In recent years, the push for greater investment in infrastructure has been a major theme among local politicians. The town has also invested heavily in programs that support small businesses and foster educational growth among its citizens. These initiatives have been widely praised by both sides of the political aisle, making it clear that the people of Five Forks are unified in their desire to create positive change and positive outcomes within their community.
The political climate in Five Forks, SC is moderately conservative.
Greenville County, SC is moderately conservative. In Greenville County, SC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenville county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.9%.
Greenville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Five Forks, SC is moderately conservative.
Greenville County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Greenville-Anderson Metro Area is strongly 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.
Five Forks, 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 Five Forks, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,450 contributions totaling $111,714 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,261 contributions totaling $544,063 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)