Greer, SC is a city located in Greenville County, South Carolina. It has a population of 25,515 according to the 2020 census. Greer is home to many different political candidates running for office in the area. These candidates include incumbents such as Senator William Timmons and Representative Dan Hamilton, as well as other candidates such as Mary Geren and Doug Gilliam. Each candidate has their own distinct views on various issues including economic recovery, healthcare, and education reform. All of these candidates have presented their platforms through public forums and debates. It is important for citizens of Greer to become informed about these issues so they can make an educated decision when it comes time to cast their vote.
The political climate in Zip 29651 (Greer, SC) is moderately 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 29651 (Greer, SC) is moderately conservative.
Greer, South Carolina is moderately 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.
Greer, 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 29651 (Greer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 471 contributions totaling $29,879 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 402 contributions totaling $166,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)