Saluda, SC is a small town with a population of around 2,000 people. The government is organized into the Mayor and Town Council, who work together to pass laws and create policies that keep the town running smoothly. Local elections are held every two years, in which citizens can vote for their chosen candidate to represent them in elected office. Though the political climate of Saluda is moderate and tends to be non-partisan in nature, residents remain actively engaged in local politics by attending meetings, voicing opinions on issues important to them, and participating in campaigns to get their preferred candidates elected.
The political climate in Saluda, SC is moderately conservative.
Saluda County, SC is very conservative. In Saluda County, SC 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saluda county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 31.9%.
Saluda county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Saluda, SC is moderately conservative.
Saluda County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Columbia 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.
Saluda, 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 Saluda, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $17,126 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)