Varnville, South Carolina is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people. The local governance structure consists of an elected Mayor and Town Council who are responsible for enacting laws and regulations that affect the lives of citizens. The current mayor is Dennis Johnson who has held the position since 2018. For local representation, Varnville residents elect four town council members to serve on their behalf in the government. Councilmember positions are up for election every two years and provide Varnville citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns through their candidates. Elections take place in November of even-numbered years and often feature competitive races with passionate candidates vying for a spot on the Town Council. All citizens have the right to vote and should be sure to take part in local elections if they want their voices heard.
The political climate in Varnville, SC is leaning liberal.
Hampton County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Hampton County, SC 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampton county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 42.0%.
Hampton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Varnville, SC is leaning liberal.
Hampton County, South Carolina is somewhat 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.
Varnville, South Carolina: D D 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 Varnville, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $7,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $17,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $630 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)