The politics in 29550 Hartsville, SC are largely influenced by local government institutions and public opinion. The City of Hartsville has a Mayor/Council form of government with the Mayor being elected every 4 years by the city鈥檚 population. There are currently three city council members who represent each district within the City limits. These representatives are responsible for making decisions on behalf of their constituents on issues related to infrastructure, public safety, economic growth and prosperity, and quality of life. Additionally, local public opinion plays an important role in the direction of the city鈥檚 politics as active citizens have a direct say regarding what should be done in order to better serve their communities.
The political climate in Zip 29550 (Hartsville, SC) is leaning conservative.
Darlington County, SC is leaning conservative. In Darlington County, SC 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Darlington county remained Republican, 51.9% to 47.0%.
Darlington county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29550 (Hartsville, SC) is leaning conservative.
Hartsville, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Darlington 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.
Hartsville, South Carolina: r r r d 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 29550 (Hartsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $13,895 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $37,729 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)