Bamberg is a small town located in South Carolina, with a population just over 3,000 people. The town was named after the first postmaster and founder William Seaborn Bamberg. In terms of politics, Bamberg lies within the state's 3rd Congressional District and is currently represented by Republican Jeff Duncan. At the local level, Bamberg is served by Mayor Thomas “Tommy” Smith Jr., who has held the position since 2008. Smith has worked to improve infrastructure and communication between city government and citizens while reducing municipal debt. The City Council consists of seven members elected by popular vote to serve in staggered two-year terms. All seven council members have been dedicated to ensuring that Bamberg remains a safe, vibrant community that provides for its citizens' needs while respecting their privacy.
The political climate in Zip 29003 (Bamberg, SC) is moderately liberal.
Bamberg County, SC is strongly liberal. In Bamberg County, SC 61.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bamberg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.9% to 37.3%.
Bamberg county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29003 (Bamberg, SC) is moderately liberal.
Bamberg, South Carolina is moderately liberal.
Bamberg County, South Carolina is strongly 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.
Bamberg, 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 29003 (Bamberg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $13,874 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $661 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $16,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $486 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)