Greenville, SC is a thriving city located in the heart of the upstate. It is home to numerous businesses, attractions, and activities that provide all citizens with something to enjoy. Politically, 29609 Greenville has a strong mayor-council form of government in which the mayor is elected at-large for four year terms and the council members are elected from six wards for two year terms. The Mayor serves as Chairman of City Council and appoints members to serve on various boards including the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning Commission, Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee, Historic Preservation Review Board and others. Community involvement is encouraged through public meetings held by council members and other appointed officials who work together to make sure that decisions are beneficial to the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 29609 (Greenville, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Greenville County, SC is moderately conservative. In Greenville County, SC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenville county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.9%.
Greenville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29609 (Greenville, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Greenville, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Greenville County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Greenville-Anderson Metro Area is strongly 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.
Greenville, 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 29609 (Greenville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 830 contributions totaling $78,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 436 contributions totaling $172,172 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)