Orangeburg, SC is a small city located in the heart of South Carolina. The population of Orangeburg is estimated to be around 13,000 people. Politically, the city is primarily served by the Orangeburg County Council and its seven members who are all elected by the people of Orangeburg to serve 4-year terms. Some important issues impacting politics in Orangeburg are economic development, education, transportation, healthcare access, and public safety. Many local political candidates have come forward with solutions and platforms that address these issues as well as other matters that they believe should be addressed by county officials such as infrastructure improvements and land use policies. Citizens of Orangeburg are encouraged to get involved in local politics and vote for those candidates they believe will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 29115 (Orangeburg, SC) is strongly liberal.
Orangeburg County, SC is very liberal. In Orangeburg County, SC 66.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orangeburg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.2% to 33.0%.
Orangeburg county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29115 (Orangeburg, SC) is strongly liberal.
Orangeburg, South Carolina is strongly liberal.
Orangeburg County, South Carolina is very liberal.
Orangeburg Metro Area is very 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.
Orangeburg, South Carolina: D D D D D D
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 29115 (Orangeburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $9,916 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $7,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)