Ward, SC is a small town located in the South Carolina Upstate region. Despite its small size and population, the politics of Ward are an important factor in how the town operates. Political issues affect everything from the development and sustainability of local businesses to safety and security for residents. Local elections are held regularly to decide which candidates should represent Ward on the county, district, state, and federal levels. Voters in Ward have a variety of candidates to choose from who have differing views and platforms on key issues that affect the community such as education, infrastructure development, public safety, and economic growth.
The political climate in Ward, SC is strongly 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
Ward, SC is strongly 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.
Ward, 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 Ward, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $17,169 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)