North Charleston, SC is a thriving community with many local politics playing an important role in the city's development. The city has an elected mayor, seven council members, and various other boards and commissions who serve the citizens of North Charleston. In addition to this governing body, there are also many political organizations and groups that seek to further the interests of North Charleston and its residents. These include groups focused on economic development, education, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, health care access, public safety initiatives, youth engagement, and more. Political campaigns in North Charleston often focus on key issues such as job creation and economic growth. In recent years there have been several elections for City Council positions which have seen some notable changes in leadership. Despite some heated debates between candidates vying for their positions in office, all parties have committed to working together to build a bright future for the city's residents.
The political climate in North Charleston, SC is somewhat liberal.
Charleston County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Charleston County, SC 55.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charleston county remained strongly Democratic, 55.5% to 42.6%.
Charleston county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Charleston, SC is somewhat liberal.
Charleston County, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
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.
North Charleston, South Carolina: r r 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 North Charleston, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,366 contributions totaling $227,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,243 contributions totaling $358,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)