Colleton County, South Carolina, is located in the Lowcountry region of the state near the coast. It has a long and rich political history, having been part of the nation since colonial times. The county is governed by a county commission that consists of seven members: five from single-member districts and two at-large commissioners. Elections for these positions are held every two years, with all voters in Colleton County eligible to cast their votes. Over the years, local elections have seen some heated contests between Democrats and Republicans vying for various positions on the county commission. Currently, Democrats hold a majority on the board with four seats compared to three for Republicans. Local issues such as economic growth and development, public safety, and education are often front and center during election cycles as both sides attempt to win votes from residents across Colleton County.
The political climate in Colleton County, SC is somewhat conservative.
In Colleton County, SC 44.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colleton county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Colleton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colleton County, SC is somewhat 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.
Colleton, 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 Colleton County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 296 contributions totaling $22,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 341 contributions totaling $75,521 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)