The city of 29715 Fort Mill, SC is located in York County and is part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metropolitan area. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government with the current mayor being Guynn Savage. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected at large on a nonpartisan basis for staggered four year terms. The political environment in Fort Mill is focused on issues such as economic development, improving the quality of life for residents, and maintaining low taxes. Local elections often feature candidates from both major political parties competing for positions on the Council. Issues such as education, infrastructure improvements, and public safety dominate discussion as citizens strive to ensure that their community remains an attractive place to live and conduct business.
The political climate in Zip 29715 (Fort Mill, SC) is somewhat conservative.
York County, SC is moderately conservative. In York County, SC 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 41.0%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29715 (Fort Mill, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Fort Mill, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
York County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fort Mill, 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 29715 (Fort Mill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 240 contributions totaling $45,171 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $79,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)