Greenwood, SC is located in Greenwood County and is home to over 23,000 people. It is served by the Greenwood County Council which provides local government services and other initiatives. This council is responsible for the budget and taxation, law enforcement, health care access, road maintenance and transportation, development planning and zoning, animal welfare, parks and recreation, education programs, and much more. The county also has numerous elected officials including the Sheriff of Greenwood County who oversees the Sheriff's Office; Clerk of Court who keeps court records; Coroner who investigates deaths; Auditor who audits government operations; Treasurer who maintains financial accounts; Register of Deeds who records legal documents; Assessor of taxes who assesses property values; Commissioner of Elections who oversees voting procedures; Board of Education which sets policy for public schools; and District Attorney's office which prosecutes criminal cases. Residents of Greenwood can make their voices heard by voting in local elections each year. All residents have a right to register to vote thirty days before an election so that they can participate in decision-making that affects all members of the community.
The political climate in Zip 29649 (Greenwood, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Greenwood County, SC is moderately conservative. In Greenwood County, SC 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 37.9%.
Greenwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29649 (Greenwood, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Greenwood, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Greenwood County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Greenwood 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.
Greenwood, 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 29649 (Greenwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 302 contributions totaling $30,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 271 contributions totaling $30,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)