The politics in 29360 Laurens, SC are dominated by the local government of Laurens County. The county has a seven-member Board of Commissioners that is responsible for enacting legislation to bring about positive change and improvement within the community. Elections for these representatives are held every 4 years, with the last election taking place in 2020. Within each of these districts, there are numerous local political candidates running for office at both state and federal levels. These candidates work hard to bring their own unique ideas and agendas to their respective district in order to represent the needs of the people and improve conditions within their area. Through regular voter engagement and discussions between citizens and politicians, the people of 29360 Laurens, SC can ensure they have a voice in how their county is run.
The political climate in Zip 29360 (Laurens, SC) is moderately conservative.
Laurens County, SC is very conservative. In Laurens County, SC 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laurens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 33.3%.
Laurens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29360 (Laurens, SC) is moderately conservative.
Laurens, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Laurens County, South Carolina is very 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.
Laurens, 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 29360 (Laurens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $10,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $43,856 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)