The town of 29038 Cope, SC is a small community with a proud history and strong sense of political engagement. Despite its size, the town has an active voter population which regularly turn out for local elections. This level of participation reflects the town's commitment to representation and democracy. The current mayor is Stephen Smith, who was elected in 2019 by a wide margin and is committed to improving the overall quality of life for the citizens of 29038 Cope. He has been instrumental in making progress on several key issues such as infrastructure and economic development, and recently spearheaded the adoption of a green energy policy to help reduce emissions and combat climate change. Other candidates running in this fall's election include Thomas Johnson, who is focused on providing more public services for residents, and Mark Brown, who believes strongly in increasing access to affordable housing. It promises to be an exciting election season in 29038 Cope as all three candidates have different visions for their hometown that reflect their local values and ideas about how best to serve the people.
The political climate in Zip 29038 (Cope, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Orangeburg County, SC is very liberal. In Orangeburg County, SC 66.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orangeburg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.2% to 33.0%.
Orangeburg county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29038 (Cope, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Cope, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Orangeburg County, South Carolina is very liberal.
Orangeburg Metro Area is very 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.
Cope, South Carolina: D D D D D D
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 29038 (Cope)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)