29148 Summerton, SC is a small rural town in Clarendon County. The town is home to a diverse population and has a lot of history rooted in agriculture and civil rights. Politically, the county is heavily conservative, with many residents being registered Republicans. On the local level, candidates often run on platforms that are focused on protecting core values such as individual freedoms, religious freedom, fiscal responsibility, and public safety. Recent elections have tended to be close affairs as there are often multiple candidates running for office from both sides of the aisle. Regardless of their political affiliations, most citizens put their trust in their local elected officials to make decisions that benefit them and their community as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 29148 (Summerton, SC) is leaning conservative.
Clarendon County, SC is leaning conservative. In Clarendon County, SC 49.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarendon county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 49.3%.
Clarendon county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29148 (Summerton, SC) is leaning conservative.
Summerton, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Clarendon County, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
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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.
Summerton, South Carolina: d d D D d 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 29148 (Summerton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,964 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $6,341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)