The town of Irmo, SC is located in the heart of South Carolina and has a population of around 11,500 residents. The town is served by the Lexington County Council and it's chairman, Joe Walker. Other local political candidates include State Representative Chip Huggins who represents the 71st district and Senator Katrina Shealy who is part of the 23rd Senate District. While Irmo may be small, the politics that take place here have an impact on both local and state-level matters. The current political climate in Irmo is one characterized by moderate conservatism and there are many civic groups that work to ensure that citizens stay up to date on political issues. Elected officials in Irmo serve as advocates for their constituents by engaging in dialogue with other leaders across the state and nation. In this way, they are helping to shape how future generations will live their lives in Irmo, SC.
The political climate in Zip 29063 (Irmo, SC) is moderately 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 29063 (Irmo, SC) is moderately liberal.
Irmo, South Carolina is moderately 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.
Irmo, 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 29063 (Irmo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,369 contributions totaling $52,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 429 contributions totaling $84,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)