Politics in 29512 Bennettsville, SC are heavily influenced by the local government. The current mayor is Ed Bettis, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2019. He has been a strong advocate of improving community infrastructure and promoting economic development for the city. Generally, Bennettsville is represented on the county level by two members of the County Council, Ron Mosley and Frank Coleman Jr., both of whom were recently elected to office in 2020. At the state level, there are three representatives from 29512 Bennettsville to the South Carolina House of Representatives: Bill Chumley, Robert Brown, and Jay West. These representatives help pass state laws that affect their constituents in 29512 Bennettsville and work together to ensure that their goals for the city are met. Additionally, Senator Vincent Sheheen represents all of Marlboro County at the state level. Lastly, Senator Tim Scott serves as one of South Carolina’s senators in Washington D.C., representing 29512 Bennettsville as well as all other constituents from across the state.
The political climate in Zip 29512 (Bennettsville, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Marlboro County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Marlboro County, SC 55.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marlboro county remained strongly Democratic, 55.0% to 44.1%.
Marlboro county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29512 (Bennettsville, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Bennettsville, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Marlboro County, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Bennettsville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bennettsville, 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 29512 (Bennettsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $5,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $9,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)