Seneca, South Carolina is a small town located in Oconee County. It is home to a population of 8,039 people who are served by the local government of Mayor Bob Cox and five city council members. The local politics focus on making sure the citizens of Seneca have the resources they need to thrive in their community. They also prioritize public safety, infrastructure improvements, and support for businesses. Recent initiatives include investing in transportation infrastructure, encouraging entrepreneurship and business growth, and advocating for better education opportunities for the youth of Seneca. This focus on investment and growth has helped position Seneca as an attractive place for businesses and residents alike.
The political climate in Zip 29678 (Seneca, SC) is strongly 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 29678 (Seneca, SC) is strongly conservative.
Seneca, South Carolina is strongly 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.
Seneca, 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 29678 (Seneca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 478 contributions totaling $48,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $16,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)