Politics in 29904 Beaufort, SC are vibrant and constantly changing. The local government is made up of a mayor, a city council, and several other committees and boards. There is an election every two years for mayor, city council members, school board representatives, and other officials. Beaufort is also home to a number of local political candidates from both parties who are running for office at all levels. The election season brings out plenty of political debate over local issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvement projects, economic development initiatives, the arts & culture scene in Beaufort, and more. Residents can stay informed about current politics by attending town hall meetings or reading local newspaper coverage. Additionally many residents take part in volunteer activities relating to their political beliefs or campaigns they support within the community in order to create positive change for the people of Beaufort.
The political climate in Zip 29904 (Beaufort, SC) is leaning liberal.
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 29904 (Beaufort, SC) is leaning liberal.
Beaufort, South Carolina is leaning liberal.
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.
Beaufort, 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 29904 (Beaufort)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $220 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)