The politics in 29153 Sumter, SC is largely dominated by the Republican party. This is reflected in the recent election results for local officials, where candidates from the GOP have won most of the races. The area is represented by Congressman Tom Rice and Senator Tim Scott in Congress. They are both Republicans and have strong support among Sumter residents. At the state level, there is a majority Republican government with Governor Henry McMaster at the helm. In addition to this, there are several locally elected officials who work to serve their constituents in this area. Despite being heavily Republican-leaning, there are still Democrats who run and get elected in Sumter County every year.
The political climate in Zip 29153 (Sumter, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Sumter County, SC 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumter county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Sumter county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29153 (Sumter, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Sumter, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Sumter Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Sumter, South Carolina: r 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 29153 (Sumter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $8,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $5,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)