The politics of Garnett, SC (29922) are marked by strong community engagement and involvement from its citizens. Locally, the city is overseen by a mayor and city council who work together to ensure that the interests of the people are represented in policymaking. The city council is made up of three members who are elected at-large for overlapping four-year terms. The mayor also serves a four-year term and is responsible for all executive duties in the city. Community members regularly participate in local government meetings and have an active voice in the decisions that are made about their town. Citizens also have multiple opportunities to get involved with local political initiatives and causes that benefit the community. As such, political participation has become an integral part of life in Garnett, SC (29922).
The political climate in Zip 29922 (Garnett, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Hampton County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Hampton County, SC 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampton county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 42.0%.
Hampton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29922 (Garnett, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Garnett, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Hampton County, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Garnett, 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 29922 (Garnett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)