Union, SC has a long history of politics, beginning in the 1800s when it was established. The city is currently represented in the South Carolina House of Representatives by Max Hyde and Tammy Moss-Yates, both Democrats. Voters in Union have seen a mix of Democratic and Republican representation over the years. Recently, voters approved a $10 million bond referendum for infrastructure improvements in 2018. Local debates about economic development, public safety, and education are common topics during elections. Although there are party differences between candidates, Unionites remain committed to finding solutions that benefit their community as a whole. In general, Union’s political environment is characterized by active debates and grassroots movements that focus on making effective changes at the local level.
The political climate in Union, SC is leaning conservative.
Union County, SC is strongly conservative. In Union County, SC 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 37.2%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union, SC is leaning conservative.
Union County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Spartanburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Union, 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 Union, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $3,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $15,346 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)