St. Stephen, SC is a small town located in the state of South Carolina. The town is governed by an elected mayor and a seven-member council which meets on the second Tuesday of each month. As far as politics go in St. Stephen, elections are held every two years to select the mayor and council members who serve four year terms. The representatives are accountable to their constituents and work to ensure that the town remains safe, vibrant, and prosperous for its citizens. St. Stephen has seen much success over its history due to wise leadership from elected officials who are committed to making the town a better place for residents to live and work.
The political climate in St. Stephen, SC is leaning conservative.
Berkeley County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Berkeley County, SC 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkeley county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.3%.
Berkeley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Stephen, SC is leaning conservative.
Berkeley County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Charleston-North Charleston Metro Area is leaning 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.
St. Stephen, 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 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 St. Stephen, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $1,986 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)