Columbia, SC is the capital of South Carolina and the political landscape here is diverse. There are many elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels that represent 29229 Columbia. At the local level, there are city council members, police department heads, fire chiefs, and mayors that serve their constituents within the city limits. At the state level there are state senators and representatives who represent 29229 Columbia in the South Carolina General Assembly. At the federal level there are congressmen and women who represent our community in Washington D.C., as well as various executive departments who have a role in policymaking and governance across state lines. The citizens of 29229 Columbia have an array of political figures to turn to for leadership, action, and representation of their interests within their own community.
The political climate in Zip 29229 (Columbia, SC) is strongly liberal.
Richland County, SC is very liberal. In Richland County, SC 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 30.1%.
Richland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29229 (Columbia, SC) is strongly liberal.
Columbia, South Carolina is strongly liberal.
Richland County, South Carolina is very liberal.
Columbia 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.
Columbia, South Carolina: D D 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 29229 (Columbia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 910 contributions totaling $44,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 330 contributions totaling $44,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)