Camden, SC is a small town located in Kershaw County and is known for its historic downtown district. The area has a history of politics that dates back to the 1700s, but continues to be an important part of the local community today. The town is served by two mayors, each elected to serve a four-year term. There are also several other elected officials including several City Council members, the School Board Superintendent, and other positions. Local elections take place every two years and are managed by the Kershaw County Election Commission. Residents of Camden have the opportunity to participate in all levels of local politics from voting for their representatives to running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 29020 (Camden, SC) is moderately conservative.
Kershaw County, SC is moderately conservative. In Kershaw County, SC 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kershaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Kershaw county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29020 (Camden, SC) is moderately conservative.
Camden, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Kershaw County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Columbia 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.
Camden, 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 29020 (Camden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 266 contributions totaling $24,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 203 contributions totaling $76,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)