Mount Carmel is a small, rural town located in Dorchester County, South Carolina. Politically, the town leans conservatively, with most of its residents voting Republican in local and national elections. The town is part of the Dorchester County Council District 4 and elects a representative to serve on the council every two years. In addition to its representatives on the county council, Mount Carmel also votes for members of the South Carolina General Assembly, as well as for members of the United States House of Representatives and Senate. The town also holds regular municipal elections to decide on members for its Town Council and Mayor. Overall, politics in Mount Carmel are fairly stable, with most residents preferring to side with conservative values and candidates that represent their beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 29840 (Mount Carmel, SC) is somewhat conservative.
McCormick County, SC is leaning conservative. In McCormick County, SC 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCormick county remained Republican, 51.9% to 47.2%.
McCormick county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29840 (Mount Carmel, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Mount Carmel, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
McCormick 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.
Mount Carmel, South Carolina: d d d d 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 29840 (Mount Carmel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)