The town of 29718 Jefferson, SC is known for its historic main street and vibrant community life. Politically, the city is part of South Carolina's 3rd congressional district and represented in Congress by conservative Republican Jeff Duncan. At the state level, the city is represented in the South Carolina General Assembly by Republicans Bill Taylor and Mike Burns. On a local level, 29718 Jefferson is governed by a mayor-council form of government where a mayor is elected directly by citizens every four years and six council members are elected at-large on a staggered basis. These representatives strive to represent the needs and interests of their constituents within the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 29718 (Jefferson, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Chesterfield County, SC is moderately conservative. In Chesterfield County, SC 39.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chesterfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.8% to 39.4%.
Chesterfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29718 (Jefferson, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Jefferson, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Chesterfield County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
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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.
Jefferson, 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 29718 (Jefferson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $898 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)