Located in Lynchburg, South Carolina, the town is steeped in political history and tradition. The town is governed by a mayor-council form of government and all citizens are encouraged to participate in the local political process. Lynchburg has an active election season each year with many community members running for positions on the city council, school board and county commission seats. The town works hard to ensure that all voices are heard during the election process, encouraging citizens to research the candidates’ qualifications and backgrounds before casting their votes. Through this collective effort, citizens can help ensure that they can trust those who are elected to represent them on a local level.
The political climate in Lynchburg, SC is somewhat liberal.
Lee County, SC is strongly liberal. In Lee County, SC 63.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.2% to 35.7%.
Lee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lynchburg, SC is somewhat liberal.
Lee County, South Carolina is strongly 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.
Lynchburg, 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 Lynchburg, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $4,312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $5,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,040 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)