The small town of Jenkinsville, SC is located in Fairfield County and has a rich history of political involvement. Despite its size, the town has produced many state and federal leaders over the years, including Senator Strom Thurmond and Congressman Joe Wilson. Currently, the mayor is Charles \"Peanut\" Smith, who was elected in 2018. The town council consists of eight members: Johnnie Anderson, Rodney Wallace, Tommy Robinson, Jeff O'Neal, Tom Crenshaw, Bob Hamby Jr., William Nesbitt and Carla Bowser. Jenkinsville actively engages in civic activities to ensure the safety and well-being of its citizens. Community meetings are held regularly to discuss issues such as taxes and budgeting. The residents of Jenkinsville take pride in their local government and work together to create an atmosphere of progress and prosperity for all who live there.
The political climate in Zip 29065 (Jenkinsville, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, SC is moderately liberal. In Fairfield County, SC 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 38.1%.
Fairfield county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29065 (Jenkinsville, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Jenkinsville, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Fairfield County, South Carolina is moderately liberal.
Columbia Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Jenkinsville, 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 29065 (Jenkinsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $6,974 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $581 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)