The small city of 29135 Saint Matthews, SC is known for its quaint atmosphere and tight-knit community. Politically, it has been described as a conservative town that values traditional American values. In recent years, the local government in 29135 Saint Matthews has been dominated by the Republican Party. While there have been some Democratic candidates running for office in recent years, none of them have had much success in the city’s elections due to its heavily conservative nature. Despite this, the citizens of 29135 Saint Matthews have always encouraged open dialogue and debate amongst all local political candidates and parties in order to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard and that their concerns are addressed.
The political climate in Zip 29135 (Saint Matthews, SC) is leaning conservative.
Calhoun County, SC is leaning conservative. In Calhoun County, SC 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained Republican, 51.9% to 47.1%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29135 (Saint Matthews, SC) is leaning conservative.
Saint Matthews, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Calhoun County, South Carolina is leaning 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.
Saint Matthews, South Carolina: r r d d 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 29135 (Saint Matthews)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $16,763 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $524 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $17,311 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)