The politics in 29205 Columbia, SC are largely centered around the Democratic Party. In recent years, there have been a number of candidates from the Democratic party who have been running for local office in this district. These candidates have included State Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter who has served in this position for many years and is well-known for her advocacy on education, health care, and economic development issues. Additionally, County Councilwoman Debra Platt is another popular candidate who focuses on improving public infrastructure and creating better opportunities for youth in the area. Both of these local politicians have worked hard to create an environment of progress and positive change within their community.
The political climate in Zip 29205 (Columbia, SC) is strongly liberal.
Richland County, SC is very liberal. In Richland County, SC 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 30.1%.
Richland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29205 (Columbia, SC) is strongly liberal.
Columbia, South Carolina is strongly liberal.
Richland County, South Carolina is very liberal.
Columbia Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Columbia, South Carolina: D D D D D D
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 29205 (Columbia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,229 contributions totaling $618,869 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 525 contributions totaling $170,433 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)