The town of Okatie, SC is located in 29909 and is a part of Beaufort County. It has a rich political history and provides residents with the opportunity to participate in local elections. The town government consists of a mayor, five council members, and an annual budget for the town’s general operations. Each year, residents have the chance to cast their votes for who they want to represent them on the city council. Recently, there have been multiple candidates vying for open positions on the council as well as a number of ballot initiatives that have been proposed by local citizens. With such an active political atmosphere, Okatie residents take pride in having their voice heard and playing an active role in shaping their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 29909 (Okatie, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Beaufort County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Beaufort County, SC 44.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaufort county remained moderately Republican, 54.4% to 44.4%.
Beaufort county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29909 (Okatie, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Okatie, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Beaufort County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Okatie, 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 29909 (Okatie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,743 contributions totaling $191,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 828 contributions totaling $147,487 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)