Conway, SC is a town located in South Carolina's Horry County. It has a population of around 22,000 and is home to many diverse businesses, attractions, and families. Conway is known for its rich history, with the city being founded in 1732. Conway also has an active political landscape with multiple local candidates running for various offices every election cycle. Local candidates come from both major parties as well as independent backgrounds. Whether it is a school board or county commission election, the citizens of Conway take their roles as voters very seriously and participate in all aspects of their local government. The city also hosts several meetings throughout the year to discuss issues facing the area and to provide citizens with the opportunity to voice their opinions on how best to move forward.
The political climate in Zip 29527 (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 29527 (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 29527 (Conway)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 689 contributions totaling $30,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $27,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)