The politics in 29657 Liberty, SC are dynamic and ever-evolving. The small city is represented in the South Carolina House of Representatives by Joshua Putnam, who was elected in 2018 and serves as a member of the Republican Party. Other local candidates have included Mike Pitts and Cal Forrest, both of whom are Republicans. In addition to their contributions to the local political environment, these representatives also play an important role in voicing the needs of their constituents on a state level. The citizens of Liberty take pride in having such dedicated representatives advocating for them in the state legislature.
The political climate in Zip 29657 (Liberty, SC) is very 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 29657 (Liberty, SC) is very conservative.
Liberty, South Carolina is very 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.
Liberty, 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 29657 (Liberty)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $2,446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $11,739 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)