Ridgeville, SC is a small town with a population of about 1,000 people. It is located in Dorchester County, South Carolina and has a local government that consists of the mayor and four council members who are elected every four years. The current mayor is Parnel Jones and the four council members are Phil Johnson, Mary Thomas, Bill Patterson, and Jeff Sanders. The town's politics focuses on preserving the small-town atmosphere of Ridgeville as well as working to promote economic development in the area. The town does not have any major political parties or candidates as it is too small to be divided into specific political districts. Instead, it relies on open dialogue between citizens and local politicians so that everyone can voice their opinions on important issues facing the town. As such, Ridgeville residents take part in various community activities such as town hall meetings where they can raise their concerns to their elected officials and have their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 29472 (Ridgeville, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Dorchester County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Dorchester County, SC 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dorchester county remained strongly Republican, 54.2% to 43.8%.
Dorchester county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29472 (Ridgeville, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Ridgeville, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Dorchester County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Charleston-North Charleston 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.
Ridgeville, 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 29472 (Ridgeville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $7,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)