Hodges, SC is a small town located in the upstate region of South Carolina. It is home to around 500 people and is a quiet, rural community. In terms of politics, Hodges has traditionally been a conservative area that leans Republican. The town holds elections every two years for their mayor and four city council members, all of whom are elected by popular vote. The current mayor is Robert Brown and the four city council members are George Williams, Sarah Johnson, Steve Jones, and Jennifer Adams. Local representatives in the state legislature include Senator Joe Thompson and Representative Mary Smith. Despite being a relatively rural area with conservative tendencies, Hodges has become increasingly progressive over time and is now much more open to progressive policies such as environmental protection initiatives and better educational funding.
The political climate in Hodges, SC is moderately conservative.
Greenwood County, SC is moderately conservative. In Greenwood County, SC 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 37.9%.
Greenwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hodges, SC is moderately conservative.
Greenwood County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Greenwood 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.
Hodges, 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 Hodges, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $3,831 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $4,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)