Conway, SC is a vibrant city with a population of approximately 24,000 people. The local politics of the area are largely shaped by the members of City Council and Mayor's office. The City Council consists of seven members elected at-large from within the city limits to four-year terms. As the leader of the municipality, the mayor is also an elected official who participates in creating laws and regulations for Conway's citizens. The mayor also appoints department heads and serves as a liaison between local government and citizens. Local political candidates run for office every four years and often engage in debates, forums, and other public events to inform citizens about their positions on issues relevant to Conway, such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, education reform initiatives, and more.
The political climate in Zip 29526 (Conway, SC) is strongly conservative.
Horry County, SC is very conservative. In Horry County, SC 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Horry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 32.9%.
Horry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29526 (Conway, SC) is strongly conservative.
Conway, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Horry County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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.
Conway, 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 29526 (Conway)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 518 contributions totaling $46,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 343 contributions totaling $81,197 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)