Williams, SC is a small community located in Orangeburg County. The town has a population of just over 1,200 people, and the town is known for its tight-knit community and strong local politics. The mayor of Williams is H.T. Rice III, who has been in office since 2016 and has worked hard to create a better quality of life for the citizens of Williams. On the local level, there are two city council members that make up the governing body of the town – they are responsible for making decisions that impact the budget, infrastructure projects, and other aspects of day-to-day life in Williams. Every four years, residents have the opportunity to vote for City Council Members during local elections which help determine who will represent their interests in Williams’ government.
The political climate in Zip 29493 (Williams, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Colleton County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Colleton County, SC 44.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colleton county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Colleton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29493 (Williams, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Williams, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Colleton County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Williams, South Carolina: r r d d 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 29493 (Williams)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)