The small town of Elgin, SC is located in Lexington County and is home to over 3,100 residents. The town is part of the larger Lexington-Richland Five school district and has a mayor-council form of government. The mayor, currently Mayor Jeffery Scott, was elected in November 2019 and works with the four-member Town Council to lead the community. Elgin holds local elections every two years for both mayor and council members, giving citizens a say in their local government. With its strong sense of community and commitment to its residents, Elgin has become an attractive location for many families looking for a safe and welcoming place to call home.
The political climate in Zip 29045 (Elgin, SC) is moderately conservative.
Kershaw County, SC is moderately conservative. In Kershaw County, SC 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kershaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Kershaw county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29045 (Elgin, SC) is moderately conservative.
Elgin, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Kershaw County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
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.
Elgin, 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 29045 (Elgin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 338 contributions totaling $25,972 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $47,267 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)