The politics in 29634 Clemson, SC is shaped by the local government and civic organizations. The local government is made up of a mayor and four city council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The City Council meets the first Tuesday of every month to address the needs of the citizens and decide how resources should be allocated. Civic organizations such as the League of Women Voters also influence local policy by providing resources to citizens on how to participate in political processes such as voting, researching candidates and ballot initiatives, and engaging with their representatives about their interests. This involvement helps ensure that residents have a say in what policies affect them and that their voices are heard in government decision making.
The political climate in Zip 29634 (Clemson, SC) is moderately conservative.
Pickens County, SC is very conservative. In Pickens County, SC 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 23.7%.
Pickens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29634 (Clemson, SC) is moderately conservative.
Clemson, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Pickens County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Greenville-Anderson 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.
Clemson, 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 29634 (Clemson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $112 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)