Patrick, SC is a small town located in the southeastern United States. It is governed by a local mayor and council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The local political atmosphere in Patrick is quite conservative, with most candidates running on platforms that emphasize fiscal responsibility and limited government intervention. Issues like roads, infrastructure, and education often take center stage as the main points of debate throughout Patrick's elections. Although there are some more progressive voices that exist within the county, their influence has yet to be realized at any significant level. Regardless of any individual candidate's beliefs, those elected into office must always strive to ensure the best interests of all citizens are protected and upheld.
The political climate in Patrick, SC is somewhat conservative.
Chesterfield County, SC is moderately conservative. In Chesterfield County, SC 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesterfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 39.4%.
Chesterfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Patrick, SC is somewhat conservative.
Chesterfield County, South Carolina is moderately 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.
Patrick, 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 Patrick, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $1,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)