The politics in 29685 Sunset, SC are closely tied to the state politics of South Carolina. The town is part of the larger Charleston County, which is represented by a number of different local and state politicians. These elected officials are responsible for representing the interests of residents in 29685 Sunset, SC and molding laws that will impact them. However, many of these politicians have a wider focus than just their local constituents in 29685 Sunset, SC. They must consider state-level issues as well, such as economic growth, healthcare access, education reform, and civil rights initiatives. Regardless of their political beliefs or party affiliation, all elected officials take seriously their responsibility to represent the people of 29685 Sunset, SC.
The political climate in Zip 29685 (Sunset, 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 29685 (Sunset, SC) is very conservative.
Sunset, 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.
Sunset, 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 29685 (Sunset)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $3,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $28,593 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)