Florence County, South Carolina is home to many vibrant communities and local politics. It is a part of the Pee Dee region in South Carolina and is governed by a county council composed of seven members elected from seven districts. The council has executive and legislative powers set by state law which include adoption of ordinances, levying taxes, providing services including public safety, health care, and transportation, allocating funds for public projects, and appointing citizens to serve on boards and commissions. The Florence County Council works hard to keep their citizens informed of local political issues through press releases, newsletters, and meetings throughout the year. As well as having an active county council presence throughout Florence County there are also various political groups that support their local community members in their efforts to make Florence County better for everyone.
The political climate in Florence County, SC is leaning conservative.
In Florence County, SC 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Florence county remained narrowly Republican, 50.6% to 48.3%.
Florence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Florence County, SC is leaning conservative.
Florence Metro Area is leaning 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.
Florence, 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 Florence County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,571 contributions totaling $130,504 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,326 contributions totaling $590,607 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)