equestId":"00032404-f446-422a-9a10-cc89af1fa3ca","resource":"content","data":[{"id":"txt_7cf5e665a40546628e63e41ca71f3166","text":"\n \nCarlisle, SC is a small town located in Lexington County with a total population of 1,831 people according to the most recent census data. Within Carlisle, there are several local political representatives that have been elected to serve their community. Bob Smith is the current Mayor and has served in this position since 2014. Also on the town council are two other representatives: Tyrone Jones and Don Johnson. All three of these individuals take an active role in helping make decisions for the betterment of their community and strive to ensure that the citizens of Carlisle are represented adequately at all levels of government. They are also involved in various civic activities and events throughout the year, such as visiting schools and sponsoring local charities.
The political climate in Zip 29031 (Carlisle, SC) is moderately conservative.
Union County, SC is strongly conservative. In Union County, SC 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 37.2%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29031 (Carlisle, SC) is moderately conservative.
Carlisle, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Union County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Spartanburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Carlisle, 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 29031 (Carlisle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $1,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 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)