The town of Socastee, SC, is located in Horry County and is a small community of around 21,000 people. It is an area with a strong sense of community and pride, and politics plays an important role in the lives of its residents. On the local level, residents are represented by members of the South Carolina House and Senate. In addition to providing representation on state issues, these members also oversee local concerns such as economic development and educational opportunities for young people in the area. Additionally, there are several elected officials within Socastee who work to ensure that all citizens have a voice in local decisions. These include the mayor, town council members, and other political representatives who serve their constituents every day. Overall, politics plays an integral part in life in 29588 Socastee, SC and those living there take their civic duties seriously.
The political climate in Zip 29588 (Socastee, SC) is strongly conservative.
Horry County, SC is very conservative. In Horry County, SC 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Horry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 32.9%.
Horry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29588 (Socastee, SC) is strongly conservative.
Socastee, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Horry County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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.
Socastee, 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 29588 (Socastee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 493 contributions totaling $15,345 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 278 contributions totaling $61,875 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)