29053 Gaston, SC is a small town located in Lexington County. It has a strong sense of community and the political atmosphere reflects this. The area is primarily conservative with a few progressive ideals sprinkled throughout. Local politics in 29053 Gaston, SC are focused on local issues such as improving schools, public safety, and economic development. Election day typically sees the town come together to support their local candidates who focus on these key issues in order to make a positive difference for their fellow citizens. Everyone here takes pride in being an active part of the democratic process and doing their part to make sure that change happens for the better.
The political climate in Zip 29053 (Gaston, SC) is strongly conservative.
Lexington County, SC is strongly conservative. In Lexington County, SC 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lexington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.1%.
Lexington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29053 (Gaston, SC) is strongly conservative.
Gaston, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Lexington County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Columbia Metro Area is leaning 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.
Gaston, 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 29053 (Gaston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $383 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $16,051 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)