Walterboro, SC (zip code 29488) is a city in Colleton County located about an hour and a half from Charleston. The local government is run by the Mayor and City Council of Walterboro, with elections taking place every four years to decide who will hold the positions. As of 2021, the current mayor is Bill Young and members of the City Council include John G. Moore III, Bruce D. Clamp, Joan Robinson-McNeil, Herbert Waring, and Alice Kneece-Gibson. Local politics in Walterboro are focused on improving the quality of life for residents by addressing issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, economic planning, and support for small businesses and nonprofits. The City Council works closely with other local governing bodies such as Colleton County Council to ensure that all residents have access to services that improve their day-to-day lives.
The political climate in Zip 29488 (Walterboro, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Colleton County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Colleton County, SC 44.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colleton county remained moderately Republican, 54.1% to 44.6%.
Colleton county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29488 (Walterboro, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Walterboro, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Colleton County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Walterboro, South Carolina: r r d 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 29488 (Walterboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $12,843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $26,641 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)