The politics in 29166 Ward, SC are quite diverse and involve local, state, and national issues. The city is served by the City Council which consists of five members: Mayor, Vice Mayor, Clerk Treasurer, and two Council Members. During local elections, citizens are given the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates in both the wards and precincts. Local issues are also discussed at city council meetings in addition to supporting measures that benefit the entire community. On a larger scale, state representatives from the area often help tackle legislation that affects all of South Carolina. At the federal level, US Senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham work to ensure that 29166 Ward residents get their voices heard on Capitol Hill. In doing so, they advocate for many topics such as health care reform, immigration laws, infrastructure investments, and more. All levels of politics play an important role in representing the interests of this small yet vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 29166 (Ward, SC) is strongly conservative.
Saluda County, SC is very conservative. In Saluda County, SC 31.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saluda county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 31.9%.
Saluda county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29166 (Ward, SC) is strongly conservative.
Ward, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Saluda County, South Carolina is very 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.
Ward, 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 29166 (Ward)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $7,590 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)