29206 Forest Acres, SC is a small, densely populated neighborhood located in Richland County. The area has a long history of civic involvement and political engagement, with many people actively involved in local politics. As a result, the community has seen many successful candidates emerge from the 29206 Forest Acres area. These candidates have been prominent figures in the national political landscape and have had an effect on both state-wide and national policies. At the local level, residents are often eager to participate in issues that directly affect them and their families by attending town hall meetings or joining political action committees. Through such involvement, the community works together to ensure that their voices are being heard and that their concerns are addressed.
The political climate in Zip 29206 (Forest Acres, 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 29206 (Forest Acres, SC) is strongly liberal.
Forest Acres, 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.
Forest Acres, 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 29206 (Forest Acres)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,225 contributions totaling $153,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 461 contributions totaling $170,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)