Gilbert, SC is a small town in the southwestern corner of the state. It is home to a diverse population of families, businesses, and organizations. While not widely known, Gilbert has an active political scene. The town has its own mayor and council members who work together to ensure the best outcomes for their constituents. Local candidates run for office in the town's municipal elections every two years and bring forward their ideas to help shape the future of the community. Through public forums, open dialogues with residents, and other initiatives, these leaders strive to build a thriving Gilbert community for all its citizens.
The political climate in Gilbert, SC is strongly conservative.
Lexington County, SC is strongly conservative. In Lexington County, SC 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lexington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.1%.
Lexington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gilbert, SC is strongly conservative.
Lexington County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Columbia Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Gilbert, 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 Gilbert, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 228 contributions totaling $8,833 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 287 contributions totaling $53,389 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)