Mauldin, SC is a small city located in Greenville County. It has a population of approximately 25,000 people and is part of the larger Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson metropolitan area. The city has a mayor-council type of government with the current mayor being Terry Merritt. Mauldin also has 6 city council members who are elected by both residents and business owners. There are two local political candidates running for office this year: Michael Rogers and Sam Kumpf. Both candidates have made their platforms clear, with Rogers focusing on economic development for the area while Kumpf has promised to increase public safety measures in Mauldin. The election outcome will be determined by the residents on Election Day in November, when one of these two candidates will become the next mayor of Mauldin.
The political climate in Zip 29662 (Mauldin, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Greenville County, SC is moderately conservative. In Greenville County, SC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenville county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.9%.
Greenville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29662 (Mauldin, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Mauldin, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Greenville County, South Carolina is moderately 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.
Mauldin, 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 29662 (Mauldin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 416 contributions totaling $16,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $32,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)