Lancaster, South Carolina is a small town of about 9,000 people located in Lancaster County. It is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area and has a thriving local economy with businesses ranging from retail and hospitality to manufacturing and technology. Politics in Lancaster are largely dominated by the local Republican party, which holds a majority on the city council. The mayor of Lancaster is currently Republican Henry J. Earle II. The city council meets regularly to discuss issues that affect the community such as zoning laws, economic development projects, public safety initiatives, and educational opportunities for its citizens. They have recently been focusing on efforts to improve infrastructure around the city and attract new businesses. Additionally, they are working on initiatives to help protect local water sources and increase access to recreational activities for residents.
The political climate in Zip 29720 (Lancaster, SC) is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, SC is moderately conservative. In Lancaster County, SC 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 38.0%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29720 (Lancaster, SC) is moderately conservative.
Lancaster, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Lancaster County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia 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.
Lancaster, 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 29720 (Lancaster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 235 contributions totaling $11,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $154,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $624 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)