West Pelzer, SC is a small town located in the upstate of South Carolina. While it may be a small town, it has its own unique political landscape that should not be overlooked. The Town Council is led by a Mayor and four elected council members who are responsible for setting policy and directing the operations of the local government. With respect to national politics, West Pelzer residents tend to lean Republican, with the majority of voters in recent elections voting for Republican candidates. There is also an active tea party movement in the area which seeks to influence local politics. Overall, politics in West Pelzer are relatively conservative and focused on maintaining the values and traditions that have been part of this community for generations.
The political climate in West 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
West 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.
West 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 West 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)