East Sumter, SC is a small town located in the Midlands and is known for its rich history and tight-knit community. Politically, East Sumter is predominantly conservative and historically has been leaning towards the Republican Party. The town holds local elections every four years to determine who will serve as mayor and city council members. Local candidates typically focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvement, and education reform. During election cycles, residents of East Sumter come together to support various candidates that represent their values and beliefs about how the city should be run.
The political climate in East Sumter, SC is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Sumter County, SC 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, Sumter county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Sumter county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Sumter, SC is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
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.
East 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 East Sumter, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $8,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $5,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)