The Sumter, SC Metro Area is a bustling area full of diverse communities and cultures. Politically, the area has a range of elected representatives from both major parties, including state and local level representatives. The current Governor of South Carolina is Republican Henry McMaster, and the US Senator for South Carolina is Republican Lindsey Graham. On the local level there are many members of the legislature representing citizens in the Sumter metro area, from both major political parties. At city level, there are mayors from several towns within this region who represent their constituents on a wide variety of topics. In terms of partisan affiliation, the majority of elected officials in this region are Republicans; however, some cities have Democratic-leaning majorities with whom their elected officials must work to ensure fair representation for all constituents.
The political climate in Sumter Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Sumter Metro Area 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Sumter metro area remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
The Sumter metro area voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sumter Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Sumter, South Carolina: r 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 Sumter Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,134 contributions totaling $202,409 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 680 contributions totaling $156,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)