The small town of Fort Lawn, SC, located in Lancaster County, is politically diverse and engaged. The area has over 2,400 registered voters who are typically passionate about their political views. As the community works to stay informed and involved with local issues, it has seen numerous candidates from both major parties vying for political positions in the area. Whether it is for local council or mayoral races, a variety of residents have come forward to run for office. While some candidates have been successful in gaining representation on behalf of the constituents of 29714 Fort Lawn, SC, others have not had as much luck. Regardless, there is always an interesting discussion that takes place when candidates from different backgrounds and ideologies compete against each other for office within this small community.
The political climate in Zip 29714 (Fort Lawn, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Chester County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Chester County, SC 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chester county remained strongly Republican, 55.0% to 44.1%.
Chester county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29714 (Fort Lawn, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Fort Lawn, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Chester County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia 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.
Fort Lawn, South Carolina: d 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 29714 (Fort Lawn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $1,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)