Politics in Cleveland, SC (29635) are dominated by local issues that impact residents on a daily basis. The city is managed by elected officials from the Cleveland City Council as well as the Mayor and other city representatives. Issues that are commonly discussed include infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, economic development projects, and quality of life issues such as parks and recreation services. The local political landscape is also comprised of grassroots organizations such as homeowner associations and advocacy groups whose goal is to ensure that each resident's voice is heard in the decision-making that affects their city. Local elections provide an opportunity for individuals to have a say in how their city is being governed and managed and are an important way to get involved in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 29635 (Cleveland, SC) is moderately conservative.
Greenville County, SC is moderately conservative. In Greenville County, SC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenville county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.9%.
Greenville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29635 (Cleveland, SC) is moderately conservative.
Cleveland, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Greenville County, South Carolina is moderately 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.
Cleveland, 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 29635 (Cleveland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 251 contributions totaling $6,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)