The small town of Mountain Rest, SC 29664 has a long and proud history of local politics. Despite its small size, the town has always been active in state and national politics as well. In recent years, the town has seen a number of candidates running for office at the local level such as Mayor, Town Council members, and School Board members. These candidates have a variety of backgrounds and ideologies that they bring to the table to help make decisions on behalf of their constituents. The residents of Mountain Rest take pride in voting for the candidate that best represents their beliefs and values while striving to make their community an even better place for all.
The political climate in Zip 29664 (Mountain Rest, SC) is very conservative.
Oconee County, SC is very conservative. In Oconee County, SC 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oconee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Oconee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29664 (Mountain Rest, SC) is very conservative.
Mountain Rest, South Carolina is very conservative.
Oconee County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Seneca Metro Area is very 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.
Mountain Rest, 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 29664 (Mountain Rest)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $356 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)