Jenkinsville, SC is a small town located in the foothills of South Carolina with a population of approximately 5,000. The town is served by a mayor-council form of government that works to ensure the safety and well-being of its residents. The mayor and city council are responsible for setting policy on issues ranging from taxes and utilities to municipal services and infrastructure. Local political candidates are elected through a nonpartisan election process every two years. Residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions on issues important to them through town hall meetings, surveys, public hearings, and local news outlets. Jenkinsville takes pride in its strong sense of community and actively encourages civic engagement among its residents.
The political climate in Jenkinsville, SC is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, SC is moderately liberal. In Fairfield County, SC 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 38.1%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jenkinsville, SC is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, South Carolina is moderately liberal.
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.
Jenkinsville, South Carolina: D D D D D D
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 Jenkinsville, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $6,974 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $581 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)