Florence, SC is a city in Florence County that is home to over 37,000 residents. It is the county seat of Florence County and it plays an important role in both local and state politics. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with six council members representing various wards in the city. The current mayor of Florence is Stephen Wukela who was elected in 2018. In Florence, elections are held every four years for mayor and every two years for council members. Issues that are important to citizens include infrastructure development, public safety and economic growth. Citizen engagement and feedback through town hall meetings and other forums ensure that the needs of all citizens are taken into account when decisions are made about the community鈥檚 future.
The political climate in Zip 29505 (Florence, SC) is leaning conservative.
Florence County, SC is leaning conservative. In Florence County, SC 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Florence county remained narrowly Republican, 50.6% to 48.3%.
Florence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29505 (Florence, SC) is leaning conservative.
Florence, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence County, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence Metro Area is leaning 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.
Florence, 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 29505 (Florence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $14,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 276 contributions totaling $43,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)