Greenville County, SC is located in the northwest corner of the state and is home to a diverse population. Politically, Greenville County leans slightly conservative, with the Republican party gaining slight majorities in most races. Local politicians are responsible for advocating for their constituents on issues like education, health care, and public safety. The county is also part of the larger South Carolina political landscape – an important factor in local elections. The current South Carolina governor is a Republican and there are a number of federal representatives from the state that represent Greenville County. A great deal of attention is given to local politics on a yearly basis as residents look to their leaders to help them navigate the ever-changing landscape of state and federal policy.
The political climate in Greenville County, SC is moderately conservative.
In Greenville County, SC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenville county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.9%.
Greenville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenville County, SC is moderately conservative.
Greenville-Anderson 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.
Greenville, 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 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 Greenville County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,562 contributions totaling $1,080,549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,537 contributions totaling $3,250,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $497 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)