Florence, SC is located in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina. Its politics are largely dominated by the Republican Party, although there are a few Democratic candidates who try to make their presence known in the local elections. It is home to many notable politicians such as Congressman Tom Rice and Senator Lindsey Graham. The city is also represented in the state legislature by District 31 Representative Wendy Brawley. Local political issues vary from economic development initiatives to public safety concerns, and the residents of Florence have a voice in each issue. Generally speaking, Florence's political landscape is quite stable, with the Republicans holding a significant majority of the political seats in both local and state government for many years.
The political climate in Zip 29506 (Florence, SC) is leaning liberal.
Florence County, SC is leaning conservative. In Florence County, SC 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Florence county remained narrowly Republican, 50.6% to 48.3%.
Florence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29506 (Florence, SC) is leaning liberal.
Florence, South Carolina is leaning liberal.
Florence County, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence Metro Area is leaning 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.
Florence, 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 29506 (Florence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $12,179 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $20,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $572 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)