Charleston, SC is a vibrant and historic city with deep political roots. The 29412 zip code is located in downtown Charleston, and the local politics reflect the city's rich history. The City of Charleston has been led by Mayor John Tecklenburg since 2016. He was re-elected to his second term in 2020. Under his leadership, the city has seen improvements in public safety, infrastructure development, and quality of life initiatives. In addition to the mayor, local residents are able to vote for members of Charleston’s City Council who represent their district or ward at large. Through these representatives, citizens have a direct say in the issues that affect their daily lives and can collaborate with their elected officials on ways to improve their community.
The political climate in Zip 29412 (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 29412 (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 29412 (Charleston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,583 contributions totaling $280,274 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 574 contributions totaling $170,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)