Summerton, SC is a small rural town that is home to many local residents with deep roots in the community. Despite its small population, Summerton's local politics are an integral part of the town's culture and identity. Elections for local positions such as Mayor, City Council and School Board occur on a regular basis, giving citizens the opportunity to shape their hometown's future and ensure collective progress. While no specific candidates for these offices can be named here, it is clear that Summerton residents take pride in their voting rights and actively participate in local politics.
The political climate in Summerton, 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
Summerton, 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.
Summerton, 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 Summerton, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,964 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $6,341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)