Abbeville County, South Carolina, is made up of a large number of small towns and rural areas, connected by winding country roads. It is governed by an elected board of county commissioners who oversee the day-to-day operations of government services. The county has an election every two years where local residents choose the candidates that will represent them in office. Abbeville County provides its citizens with access to various services such as law enforcement and public safety, infrastructure maintenance, fire prevention, library services, waste management and sanitation services, social services, parks and recreation facilities, and more. Residents have the ability to vote on these issues during elections to ensure that their voices are heard. Although there may not be any name local political candidates in Abbeville County right now, it is important for all citizens to participate in the democratic process by staying informed and engaging in civic conversations about policies that affect their lives.
The political climate in Abbeville County, SC is very conservative.
In Abbeville County, SC 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Abbeville county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 33.0%.
Abbeville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Abbeville County, SC is very conservative.
Greenwood 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.
Abbeville, 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 Abbeville County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $9,526 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $18,937 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)