The town of 29323 Chesnee, SC is a small community with a rich history in politics. The local government is led by Mayor Mark Lowe who was elected for his second term in 2019. He is supported by four members of the City Council, each of whom serve four-year terms and are responsible for supporting the mayor’s initiatives, policy making, and representing the interests of their constituents. The council meetings are open to the public and held twice a month at city hall to discuss matters concerning residents from zoning and budget issues to water conservation measures. Additionally, there are many opportunities for citizens to participate in town hall debates over topics that affect their day-to-day lives such as property tax rates or local traffic laws. As a result, it is clear that Chesnee's citizens take an active role in shaping their local political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 29323 (Chesnee, SC) is strongly conservative.
Spartanburg County, SC is strongly conservative. In Spartanburg County, SC 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spartanburg county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.6%.
Spartanburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29323 (Chesnee, SC) is strongly conservative.
Chesnee, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Spartanburg County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Spartanburg Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Chesnee, 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 29323 (Chesnee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $5,561 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $9,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)