Elko, SC is a small town located in Barnwell County, and is home to a population of around 1,400 people. Although the town is relatively small, they still have important political issues that they must be aware of. Every two years there are local elections for members of city council and mayor. In addition to city officials, Elko residents also vote on state representatives and senators during their respective election cycles. With every election cycle comes the opportunity for citizens to learn more about the candidates running for office and make an informed decision about who best represents their views and interests. As such, Elko residents should pay close attention to all upcoming election cycles and pay particular attention to local candidates running in each election.
The political climate in Zip 29826 (Elko, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Barnwell County, SC is leaning conservative. In Barnwell County, SC 45.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barnwell county remained moderately Republican, 53.2% to 45.7%.
Barnwell county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29826 (Elko, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Elko, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Barnwell County, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
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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.
Elko, South Carolina: R r d d 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 29826 (Elko)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)