Politics in 29078 Lugoff, SC are primarily handled by the local government. The town is represented at the county level by two Kershaw County Council members and one legislative delegation member for the South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate. At the town level, Lugoff is run by a mayor and four town council members that are elected for four-year terms. These local politicians strive to ensure that their constituents' needs are met, from recreational opportunities to economic growth initiatives. Additionally, they work to address issues such as traffic safety, public works projects, and community development. By engaging with citizens directly through public meetings and other engagement tactics, these local political candidates understand what matters most to their constituents and can make decisions based on this understanding.
The political climate in Zip 29078 (Lugoff, SC) is moderately conservative.
Kershaw County, SC is moderately conservative. In Kershaw County, SC 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kershaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Kershaw county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29078 (Lugoff, SC) is moderately conservative.
Lugoff, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Kershaw County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
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.
Lugoff, 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 29078 (Lugoff)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $7,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $25,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)