Considering 66% of Lexington County voters cast ballots for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election, emotions are generally positive across the area after the Jan. 20 inauguration.

2024 reporting from the Chronicle details that of the 190,088 Lexington County residents registered to vote, 147,971 voted in the 2024 General Election, and 96,965 of those who voted cast ballots for Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

“After four dark and tragic years in America the Golden Age of America begins,” Chairman of the Lexington County Republican Party Mark Weber wrote in a Jan. 20 statement. “President Biden was an abject failure and reminds all fair-minded Americans how corrupt his administration was by pre-emptively pardoning his family, J6 Committee members, Fauci and murderers during the last minutes of his failed Presidency.

“The Trump effect has been impacting America and the World since his election victory and no one can honestly say the hostages in Gaza would have been released if he hadn’t won the election. … Rev. Franklin Graham’s presence and prayer were spot on. We will have peace through strength and God is Blessing President Trump and the United States.”

The Lexington County Republican Party is part of the South Carolina Republican Party, which has 96 precincts, according to the website.

A November 2024 statement from the Lexington County Democratic Party made on Facebook said the “results of the national election were not what we hoped for, but we can take care of each other as a family and support each other as we process what the results mean for us and our country.”

The Lexington County Democratic Party is a part of the South Carolina Democratic Party, which has a group in all 46 counties.

“There will be a lot of analysis in the upcoming months about what worked and what didn't work,” the Lexington County Democratic Party statement from November 2024 continued. “My personal opinion is we should not focus on blame but instead find what lessons we can learn and what we can do to improve.

“We do have some results to be proud of as Lexington County. Russell Ott won Senate District 26 and Jerry Govan won Statehouse district 93, keeping those seats as Democrats. … We will continue to move forward as a party and start to prepare for the elections of 2026.”

In a 2024 story from the Chronicle, Walter Whetsell, President and owner of Starboard Communications in Lexington, gave the Chronicle some insight as to why the County sees Republican candidates so often during an election year, explaining that the area’s convergence of media markets and the suburban atmosphere are part of the appeal.

Whetsell told the Chronicle that candidates coming to the county, at the most basic level, allows them the opportunity to meet real voters, shake hands and answer questions.

The next meeting for the Lexington County Democratic Party is scheduled for Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lexington Main Library downstairs conference room at 5440 Augusta Rd.

The county Republican Party does not have any upcoming events listed on its website.