The Georgetown, SC Metro Area is home to a thriving political culture. It is well known for its active participation in local, state, and national elections. Every election cycle brings the opportunity for residents of the metro area to get involved in their communities and make their voices heard through voting and other forms of civic engagement. Residents are proud to support candidates from both major parties in order to ensure that all voices within the community are represented. Local politicians take seriously their responsibility to listen to constituents and work with them on issues that affect their lives. The area is also home to many organizations focused on promoting public awareness of important political issues. These organizations work together with elected officials, community members, and local businesses to ensure that the needs of the community are represented in government decisions.
The political climate in Georgetown Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Georgetown Metro Area 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Georgetown metro area remained strongly Republican, 55.9% to 43.1%.
The Georgetown metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Georgetown Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Georgetown, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Georgetown Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,009 contributions totaling $179,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 918 contributions totaling $299,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)