Fort Mill, SC is situated in the northern part of South Carolina near the border of North Carolina. The area has long been a strong conservative area and has seen consistent representation from Republican politicians in the state legislature and at the federal level. Local politics in 29707 Fort Mill, SC is largely dominated by Republicans who hold firm on issues that are important to their constituents. The majority of candidates running for office in this area tend to be members of the GOP, although there have been some Democratic representatives as well. Furthermore, many local organizations and businesses are focused on keeping taxes and regulations low while ensuring that every constituent receives the services they need. With an ever-growing population, Fort Mill promises to remain an important political hub as it continues to grow into one of the largest communities in South Carolina.
The political climate in Zip 29707 (Fort Mill, SC) is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, SC is moderately conservative. In Lancaster County, SC 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 38.0%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29707 (Fort Mill, SC) is moderately conservative.
Fort Mill, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, South Carolina is moderately 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 Mill, 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 29707 (Fort Mill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 903 contributions totaling $53,217 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 586 contributions totaling $112,239 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)