Joanna, SC, is a small town located in 29351 zip code with a population of around 700 people. This rural community has a long history of local politics that dates back to the establishment of its first city government in 1892. For many years, Joanna has been home to numerous active local political candidates who have served on the town council, school board, and other government offices over the years. Currently, Joanna is represented at the state and federal level by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Representative William Timmons. At the local level, there are three City Council members elected every two years from each district within the town by popular vote. Additionally, Joanna residents have the opportunity to elect representatives to serve on their school board every four years. Through consistent involvement in local politics, Joanna maintains an active citizenry and contributes actively to their state and nation's democracy.
The political climate in Zip 29351 (Joanna, SC) is moderately conservative.
Laurens County, SC is very conservative. In Laurens County, SC 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laurens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 33.3%.
Laurens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29351 (Joanna, SC) is moderately conservative.
Joanna, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Laurens County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Greenville-Anderson Metro Area is strongly 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.
Joanna, 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 29351 (Joanna)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)