Chesterfield, SC is a small town located in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. The town is known for its historic charm and strong sense of community. As the population stands at around 2,600 people, Chesterfield is a tight knit community that takes pride in their local politics. Local elections are held every two years to elect officials for the County Council and School Board. Residents of Chesterfield take an active interest in these elections and turnout is usually high. This ensures that the political representation of the citizens of 29709 Chesterfield reflects their needs and values. Furthermore, local politicians often visit residents to actively seek out their input on important issues facing their town. This commitment to an open dialogue between leaders and citizens has resulted in a strong sense of civic engagement within the community.
The political climate in Zip 29709 (Chesterfield, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Chesterfield County, SC is moderately conservative. In Chesterfield County, SC 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesterfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 39.4%.
Chesterfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29709 (Chesterfield, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Chesterfield, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Chesterfield County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
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South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Chesterfield, 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 29709 (Chesterfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $7,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)