The Orangeburg, SC Metro Area is a politically diverse area with representation from a variety of political parties. The South Carolina General Assembly is responsible for making laws and regulations governing the area. The local government consists of three county-level organizations: the County Council, the Board of Zoning Appeals, and the Planning Commission. Each of these organizations is composed of elected members who serve to represent the citizens of their respective areas and propose legislation or policies that may affect them. Additionally, there are several local politicians who are actively engaged in advocating for their constituents and working to bring positive change to the Orangeburg Metro Area. These local representatives include State Senators John Matthews and Brad Hutto, as well as Representatives Beth Bernstein and Lonnie Hosey. Collectively they work hard to ensure that Orangeburg Metro Area residents have access to quality services such as public transportation, health care, education, employment opportunities and more.
The political climate in Orangeburg Metro Area is very liberal.
In Orangeburg Metro Area 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, the Orangeburg metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.2% to 33.0%.
The Orangeburg metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Orangeburg Metro Area
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)