Fort Mill, SC (29708) is a small town situated along the North Carolina/South Carolina border. It has a population of around 20,000 people and is growing rapidly due to its location in the Charlotte Metro Area. Politics in the Fort Mill area are largely centered around local municipal issues such as taxes, zoning, infrastructure and public safety. Local politicians work hard to ensure that their constituents are well represented and that their needs are being met. Many Fort Mill residents participate actively in elections for local government offices, and they vote for candidates who will represent their interests on a variety of topics. The town also has a Mayor who works with the City Council to pass laws and promote economic development within the community. With all this in mind, it's safe to say that politics play an important role in Fort Mill life!
The political climate in Zip 29708 (Fort Mill, SC) is moderately conservative.
York County, SC is moderately conservative. In York County, SC 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 41.0%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29708 (Fort Mill, SC) is moderately conservative.
Fort Mill, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
York 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 29708 (Fort Mill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,351 contributions totaling $91,873 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 480 contributions totaling $161,008 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)