Fountain Inn is a small town in Laurens County, South Carolina. It is governed by the Mayor/Council form of government, which consists of a mayor who is elected at-large to a four year term and six council members who are elected from geographic wards for two-year terms. The Mayor and Council serve as both legislative and executive body with the authority to enact all ordinances and resolutions necessary to govern the city. They are also responsible for establishing city departments, appointing department heads, setting policy, and preparing an annual budget. Through their actions, they aim to promote economic development and quality of life for all citizens in Fountain Inn. The city's political climate has remained relatively stable over the years, with elections largely revolving around a debate between fiscal responsibility and meeting the needs of its residents.
The political climate in Fountain Inn, SC is somewhat 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
Fountain Inn, SC is somewhat 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.
Fountain Inn, 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 Fountain Inn, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,331 contributions totaling $177,874 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,317 contributions totaling $878,617 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)