The politics of 29172 West Columbia, SC, are largely influenced by the local and state governments. At the local level, decisions are made by the City Council and Mayor who work together to ensure that the area is properly managed. This includes making laws to protect citizens, providing services such as trash collection and fire protection, and creating a budget for the city's resources. At the state level, South Carolina has a legislature comprised of representatives from each county. They pass laws that affect all areas of South Carolina, including taxes, regulations on businesses, public education funding, and healthcare issues. The people of 29172 West Columbia are able to have their voices heard in both local and state politics through various public forums including town hall meetings and voting during elections.
The political climate in Zip 29172 (West Columbia, SC) is moderately 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 29172 (West Columbia, SC) is moderately conservative.
West Columbia, South Carolina is moderately 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.
West Columbia, 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 29172 (West Columbia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $6,284 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $4,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)