The town of Allendale, SC is located in Allendale County and is a rural area with a population of about 4,230 people according to 2018 estimates. While the community has no local political candidates, it does have active citizens involved in local politics. Issues concerning the environment, public education, health care and economic development are regularly discussed among city council members at meetings and in the media. The town is represented by Senator Tim Scott and Congresswoman Nancy Mace in the federal government. They work to ensure that South Carolina residents receive appropriate resources and representation on a national level. Additionally, Allendale residents have access to county-level services provided by their county council members. These individuals strive to create new initiatives that will benefit the entire population of their district. It is clear that Allendale’s citizens remain engaged in local politics despite not electing any local representatives directly.
The political climate in Zip 29810 (Allendale, SC) is strongly liberal.
Allendale County, SC is very liberal. In Allendale County, SC 75.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allendale county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.6% to 23.2%.
Allendale county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29810 (Allendale, SC) is strongly liberal.
Allendale, South Carolina is strongly liberal.
Allendale County, South Carolina is very liberal.
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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.
Allendale, South Carolina: D 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 29810 (Allendale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $541,955 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $11,060 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)