The politics in 29920 Saint Helena Island, SC are greatly impacted by the local community's beliefs and values. The small island, located off the coast of South Carolina, has a population of just 598 according to the 2019 census. The city is actively involved in state and local elections within South Carolina and its representatives serve on many committees. Despite its small size, Saint Helena Island is an important player in political decisions that affect South Carolina as a whole. Local candidates often take part in debates about current issues facing the island such as economic development, education reform, and environmental protection. Although there are no specific names of local political candidates in 29920 Saint Helena Island, SC currently circulating, residents maintain their commitment to representing their interests through their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 29920 (Saint Helena Island, SC) is leaning conservative.
Beaufort County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Beaufort County, SC 44.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaufort county remained moderately Republican, 54.4% to 44.4%.
Beaufort county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29920 (Saint Helena Island, SC) is leaning conservative.
Saint Helena Island, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Beaufort County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Saint Helena Island, 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 29920 (Saint Helena Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 433 contributions totaling $34,927 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $30,937 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)