The town of Pelzer, SC is a small rural community located in Anderson County. Like many other rural towns in the area, Pelzer is home to a diverse population that includes people of different backgrounds and beliefs. While there is no local political representation in Pelzer, citizens take an active role in their community. Residents regularly organize town meetings and attend local events to bring awareness to various issues that affect them directly. The town also takes part in public forums provided by the county government, where individuals can voice their opinions on local matters. Overall, Pelzer has a strong sense of civic engagement and continues to work together to make its community better for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Pelzer, SC is moderately conservative.
Anderson County, SC is very conservative. In Anderson County, SC 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.3%.
Anderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pelzer, SC is moderately conservative.
Anderson County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Greenville-Anderson Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pelzer, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Pelzer, SC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $2,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $8,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)