Winnsboro Mills, SC is a small town located in Fairfield County. It is primarily a rural community with a population of less than 3,000 people. The town has been an active participant in local politics for many years and currently has two representatives serving on the county board of commissioners. Additionally, the mayor of Winnsboro Mills serves as an ex-officio member of the county board. The town also recently elected their first African American mayor. Residents of Winnsboro Mills have worked to ensure that their community's interests are represented in the county government. In recent years, residents have advocated for increased investment in local infrastructure projects and policies that promote economic growth and development. As one of the smaller municipalities in Fairfield County, Winnsboro Mills continues to play a vital role in shaping the political landscape of its region.
The political climate in Winnsboro Mills, SC is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, SC is moderately liberal. In Fairfield County, SC 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 38.1%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winnsboro Mills, SC is moderately liberal.
Fairfield County, South Carolina is moderately liberal.
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.
Winnsboro Mills, 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 Winnsboro Mills, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 131 contributions totaling $13,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $39,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)