Gaffney, South Carolina is a small city located in the Upstate region of the state. The population is estimated to be around 12,500 people. Gaffney has a mayor-council form of government, with a mayor and seven members of the City Council elected to four-year terms on a nonpartisan basis. In recent years, the city has seen an increase in civic participation as different groups and individuals have organized voter registration drives and taken part in local elections. As politics are always changing, it is important for citizens to stay informed of who their local political candidates are and what issues they are advocating for. Participation from citizens helps keep Gaffney’s leadership focused on the needs of its residents and ensures that they remain engaged with their community.
The political climate in Zip 29341 (Gaffney, SC) is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, SC is very conservative. In Cherokee County, SC 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 27.6%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29341 (Gaffney, SC) is strongly conservative.
Gaffney, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Gaffney Metro Area is very 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.
Gaffney, 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 29341 (Gaffney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 312 contributions totaling $10,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $20,422 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)