Kershaw, South Carolina is a small town with a population of less than 1,000 people. It is located in Lancaster County and has a rich history of local politics. The town has been served by various mayors over the years, who have worked to ensure the well-being of its citizens. Each mayor has played a vital role in the improvement of the town’s infrastructure and in promoting economic growth. In addition to this, local political candidates have campaigned for office in order to bring greater attention to Kershaw’s unique needs and interests. Through this ongoing effort, Kershaw remains an important part of Lancaster County and continues to serve as an example of how good governance can promote positive change within a community.
The political climate in Kershaw, SC is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, SC is moderately conservative. In Lancaster County, SC 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 38.0%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kershaw, SC is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia 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.
Kershaw, 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 Kershaw, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $13,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)