Scranton, SC is a small town in Florence County with a population of around 763 people. It has a mayor-council government system which consists of an elected Mayor that serves as the executive officer and six council members that serve as the legislative body for Scranton. The current mayor of the town is David J. Suggs and the council members are Daniel Liles, Roberta Huggins, Joy Smith, Thad Moore, Abigail Thompson, and Wayne Stokes. All political candidates must be local to Scranton and have their name on the ballot in order to qualify for office. Elections are held every four years with all citizens of Scranton being eligible to vote. Citizens also have the option to take part in special elections when needed for various reasons.
The political climate in Zip 29591 (Scranton, SC) is leaning conservative.
Florence County, SC is leaning conservative. In Florence County, SC 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Florence county remained narrowly Republican, 50.6% to 48.3%.
Florence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29591 (Scranton, SC) is leaning conservative.
Scranton, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence County, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence Metro Area is leaning 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.
Scranton, 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 zip 29591 (Scranton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)