Saint Stephen, SC, located in Berkeley County, has a strong political presence. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are represented here in 29479. Though the majority of registered voters are Republicans, there is still a healthy mix of Democrats in the area. Local elections feature candidates from both sides of the aisle and often focus on local issues such as public safety, economic growth and development, education spending, and infrastructure improvements. The citizens of St Stephen take their voting rights seriously and take part in many town hall meetings to discuss upcoming ballot items or other concerns related to their community. Overall, Saint Stephen is a politically engaged city that takes pride in educating its residents about current events and civic issues.
The political climate in Zip 29479 (Saint Stephen, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Berkeley County, SC is somewhat conservative. In Berkeley County, SC 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkeley county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.3%.
Berkeley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29479 (Saint Stephen, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Saint Stephen, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Berkeley County, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Charleston-North Charleston 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 Stephen, 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 29479 (Saint Stephen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $1,986 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)