The town of Gilbert, SC is a small community located in Lexington County. It is a rural area with a population of approximately 1,200 people. Despite the small size of the town, it still has plenty of political activity. The local politicians are focused on preserving the traditional way of life that many residents enjoy. They promote economic development for the town and work to protect its natural resources. Local candidates often focus on issues such as education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and other important issues affecting residents in 29054 Gilbert, SC. Despite its small size, the town takes local politics seriously and strives to ensure that citizens have access to quality representation in their government.
The political climate in Zip 29054 (Gilbert, 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 29054 (Gilbert, SC) is strongly conservative.
Gilbert, 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.
Gilbert, 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 29054 (Gilbert)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 133 contributions totaling $4,993 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $30,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)