Barnwell County is located in South Carolina and is a part of the Aiken, North Augusta, and Barnwell metropolitan area. It has a population of around 17,000 people and is home to several small towns and unincorporated communities. When it comes to politics in Barnwell County, there are no local political candidates running for office at this time. Residents of the county are represented by several state representatives in the South Carolina House of Representatives as well as two state senators who serve in the Senate. The county also has a non-partisan Board of Elections that oversees all elections held within its borders. All registered voters can participate in these elections, including those who have not voted before or who are not affiliated with any particular party.
The political climate in Barnwell County, SC is leaning conservative.
In Barnwell County, SC 45.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barnwell county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.7%.
Barnwell county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barnwell County, SC is leaning conservative.
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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.
Barnwell, South Carolina: R r d d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Barnwell County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 138 contributions totaling $18,640 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $68,647 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $592 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)