Easley, SC is a small city located in Pickens County. With a population of just over 20,000 people, it is an ideal place to live for those who enjoy the small-town life. Easley has a mayor and city council that are responsible for governing the city. The mayor and members of the council are elected by the citizens of Easley every four years. Most recently, in 2020, Mayor Larry Bagwell was re-elected for another term. The city council is composed of six members with varying backgrounds and experiences who work together to make decisions about the city’s budget, laws, and policies. Some of the current issues being discussed by the council include public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education reform. In addition to local politics, state representatives from Pickens County also serve on behalf of Easley residents in Columbia. The state legislators work together with their counterparts from across South Carolina to pass laws that affect everyone living in the state.
The political climate in Zip 29640 (Easley, SC) is strongly conservative.
Pickens County, SC is very conservative. In Pickens County, SC 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 23.7%.
Pickens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29640 (Easley, SC) is strongly conservative.
Easley, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Pickens 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.
Easley, 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 29640 (Easley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 249 contributions totaling $14,418 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $15,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)