Easley, SC is a small town located in Pickens County with a population of approximately 19,000 people. The town has been at the center of local politics for many years and has seen some interesting developments over the past few years. The current mayor is Judy Shelton, who was elected in 2018. She has been actively involved in city governance and working to improve infrastructure and bring jobs into the area. There are also several other political candidates running for office in Easley, such as Tanya Leader for City Council Seat 1, Alan Phipps for City Council Seat 2 and Hal Jenkins for City Council Seat 3. These individuals are all dedicated to making Easley a better place to live by creating jobs, improving quality of life and promoting economic growth. Each candidate has their own platform that they stand on and strive to make Easley a better place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 29642 (Easley, SC) is very 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 29642 (Easley, SC) is very conservative.
Easley, South Carolina is very 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.
Easley, 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 29642 (Easley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 322 contributions totaling $14,187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 336 contributions totaling $61,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)