Orangeburg, SC County is located in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. This county is home to some vibrant and diverse politics with a variety of issues being debated in public forums on a regular basis. The Orangeburg County Council oversees the county government, which includes four committees that deal with issues such as Finance and Administration, Health and Human Services, Public Safety, and Economic Development. These committees are responsible for addressing the needs of citizens in Orangeburg County by helping to create laws that increase economic growth and providing access to social services for those who need them most. Additionally, there are several local political candidates running for office each year in Orangeburg County who are committed to improving the quality of life within the community.
The political climate in Orangeburg County, SC is very liberal.
In Orangeburg County, SC 66.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orangeburg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.2% to 33.0%.
Orangeburg county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Orangeburg County, SC is very liberal.
Orangeburg Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Orangeburg, South Carolina: D D D D D D
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 Orangeburg County, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 533 contributions totaling $42,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 425 contributions totaling $153,807 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)