Swansea, located in 29160 South Carolina, is a small town with a population of around 4,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government and there are many local political candidates vying for elected office. One of these candidates is Michael Badeen who is running for mayor. Michael has been an active member of the community for over 25 years and actively works to improve the quality of life in Swansea. He pledges to be a champion for economic development, public safety and infrastructure improvements if elected. Other local political candidates include Henry Brown who is running for a seat on the Council as well as Marcia Lee who is hoping to become an Alderman. Both candidates bring years of experience and knowledge that will help shape the future of Swansea and make sure that everyone has the same opportunity to succeed.
The political climate in Zip 29160 (Swansea, 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 29160 (Swansea, SC) is strongly conservative.
Swansea, 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.
Swansea, 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 29160 (Swansea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $2,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)