The town of Kingstree, South Carolina, is located in Williamsburg County and has a diverse political landscape. The state is run by a Republican majority government and the county similarly leans towards the party. Despite this tendency, Kingstree itself is fairly politically balanced, with both major party affiliations represented in local offices. The city mayor and all council members are elected to represent their constituents and work to address the needs of the community. As part of their duties, these elected officials attend regular city council meetings as well as committee meetings to discuss important issues such as budgets, taxes, public safety initiatives, infrastructure improvements, economic development projects and more. Additionally, the mayor works closely with state representatives on local affairs and may hold public forums for citizens to air their concerns and ideas.
The political climate in Zip 29556 (Kingstree, SC) is moderately liberal.
Williamsburg County, SC is strongly liberal. In Williamsburg County, SC 64.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Williamsburg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.4% to 34.6%.
Williamsburg county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29556 (Kingstree, SC) is moderately liberal.
Kingstree, South Carolina is moderately liberal.
Williamsburg County, South Carolina is strongly liberal.
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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.
Kingstree, 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 29556 (Kingstree)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,447 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $6,451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)