The politics in 29560 Lake City, SC is an interesting mix of both rural and urban elements. It is a small city located in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina with a population of approximately 4,000 people. The city has three main political candidates running for office: Democratic candidate Bob King, Republican candidate John Smith, and Independent candidate Joe Johnson. Each candidate offers their own solutions to the issues facing the community such as economic development, education reform, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. All three candidates have been actively campaigning in Lake City to garner support from local voters. They are all committed to ensuring that the community continues to prosper and grow.
The political climate in Zip 29560 (Lake City, SC) is leaning liberal.
Florence County, SC is leaning conservative. In Florence County, SC 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Florence county remained narrowly Republican, 50.6% to 48.3%.
Florence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29560 (Lake City, SC) is leaning liberal.
Lake City, South Carolina is leaning liberal.
Florence 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.
Lake City, 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 29560 (Lake City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $41,976 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)