Kershaw County is located in South Carolina and is home to a diverse population that makes up the area. The county is governed by a Board of Commissioners, which consists of nine members who are elected by the citizens of the county to make decisions on behalf of their constituents. The board is responsible for setting the budget, regulating local taxes, and managing other responsibilities such as public works projects and economic development initiatives. Additionally, Kershaw County has two state representatives and one state senator who represent the county’s interests in Columbia. These representatives also serve as liaisons between local government officials and their constituents at both the state and federal levels. Overall, Kershaw County’s politics are centered around providing effective services to its residents while preserving a sense of community.
The political climate in Kershaw County, SC is moderately conservative.
In Kershaw County, SC 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kershaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Kershaw county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kershaw County, SC is moderately 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.
Kershaw, 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 Kershaw County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 760 contributions totaling $61,222 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 514 contributions totaling $155,819 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)