Moncks Corner, South Carolina is a small town in Berkeley County with a population of approximately 8,900. This small town is part of the larger Charleston-North Charleston metropolitan area and its government is run by a mayor-council system. There are currently four members on the council, elected from districts within the town. The mayor is elected at large by all voters in Moncks Corner. Elections for both the city council and mayor are held every two years during the fall with candidates from both major political parties vying for office. Elections in Moncks Corner have historically been competitive and well attended, with local residents taking an active role in their community’s political process. Residents of Moncks Corner take pride in their town and ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions about their community’s future.
The political climate in Moncks Corner, SC is leaning conservative.
Berkeley County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Berkeley County, SC 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkeley county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.3%.
Berkeley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moncks Corner, SC is leaning conservative.
Berkeley County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Charleston-North Charleston 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.
Moncks Corner, 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 Moncks Corner, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 226 contributions totaling $10,578 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 332 contributions totaling $77,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)