Dillon County, South Carolina is home to a vibrant and active political climate. The county has three distinct municipalities – Dillon, Little Rock, and Lake View – each of which have their own governments in place. At the state level, Dillon is part of the larger South Carolina district representing Darlington County in the General Assembly. The county benefits from strong representation from both Republicans and Democrats at local and state levels. Local elections are conducted on a nonpartisan basis, meaning that candidates run on their individual platforms rather than under a particular party label. Candidates for local offices must live within the boundaries of the municipality they intend to represent and actively engage with the community to gain an understanding of its needs and concerns. Through this process, citizens can ensure that their representatives understand their interests before entering office.
The political climate in Dillon County, SC is leaning conservative.
In Dillon County, SC 49.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dillon county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.2% to 49.1%.
Dillon county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dillon 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.
Dillon, South Carolina: D d D D d 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 Dillon County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $8,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $413 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $7,074 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)