Johnston, SC is located in Edgefield County and is the county seat. The small town has a population of around 2,040 people and boasts a rich history. In terms of politics, Johnston is part of South Carolina's District 24 which elects one state senator and four representatives to the South Carolina House of Representatives. Additionally, Edgefield County has three representatives in the South Carolina Senate. Recent elections have seen significant interest from local residents, with turnout often reaching high levels across the county during gubernatorial and Presidential elections. Residents are passionate about their local politics, with many individuals engaging actively to help decide who will represent them at both state and national level.
The political climate in Zip 29832 (Johnston, SC) is moderately conservative.
Edgefield County, SC is strongly conservative. In Edgefield County, SC 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edgefield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.5% to 37.2%.
Edgefield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29832 (Johnston, SC) is moderately conservative.
Johnston, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Edgefield County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Augusta-Richmond County 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.
Johnston, 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 29832 (Johnston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $9,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)