Manning, SC is a small town with a population of approximately 4,500 people located in the Pee Dee region of the state. While it may be small, Manning is a place where politics still plays an important role in the community. The local government is run by Mayor Jackie Linn and six members of the Town Council who are all elected by the citizens every four years. Each member of the council represents one of the six wards in town and helps make decisions on important matters such as budgets, taxes, road maintenance, zoning issues, public safety and more. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and for council members from each ward. The local political candidates running for office must have strong ties to Manning in order to be successful, so most are long-time residents of the area who have deep roots in this close-knit community.
The political climate in Manning, SC is leaning liberal.
Clarendon County, SC is leaning conservative. In Clarendon County, SC 49.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarendon county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 49.3%.
Clarendon county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manning, SC is leaning liberal.
Clarendon County, South Carolina is leaning 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.
Manning, South Carolina: d d D D d 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 Manning, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,259 contributions totaling $49,740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $12,818 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)