The politics in 29409 Charleston, SC are heavily influenced by the local and national governments. The city is under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina General Assembly and the Charleston County Council. The state legislature holds primary elections for both state-wide and local offices every two years. At the county level, representatives are elected to serve on the Charleston County Council, which is responsible for making policy decisions that affect life in this area. Additionally, all citizens of 29409 have the right to vote in federal elections held at both state and national levels. Local organizations such as political action committees advocate for issues like economic development and education in their communities. With a population of over 100,000 people, these highly active political players are committed to ensuring that all voices are represented when it comes to important decisions that shape life in 29409 Charleston, SC.
The political climate in Zip 29409 (Charleston, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Charleston County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Charleston County, SC 55.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charleston county remained strongly Democratic, 55.5% to 42.6%.
Charleston county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29409 (Charleston, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Charleston, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Charleston County, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Charleston-North Charleston 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.
Charleston, South Carolina: r r 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 29409 (Charleston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $3,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)