Newberry County, South Carolina is a rural county located in the Midlands of the state. The county government consists of a seven-member Board of County Commissioners, who are elected by district to serve four-year terms. In addition to commissioners, several other officials are elected in off-year elections to serve the county. These include Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Auditor, Coroner and Treasurer. Each official is responsible for providing certain services to the citizens of Newberry County. The current leaders of Newberry County strive to ensure that citizens have access to high quality public services and maintain a safe environment for all residents and visitors alike. In addition, they seek to promote economic development and job growth throughout the entire community.
The political climate in Newberry County, SC is moderately conservative.
In Newberry County, SC 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newberry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.3%.
Newberry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newberry County, SC is moderately conservative.
Newberry Metro Area is moderately 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.
Newberry, 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 Newberry County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 580 contributions totaling $63,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $48,256 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)