The small town of Sharon, SC (29742) is considered to be a rural area with a population of just over 1,000 people. Although the town may be small in size and population, it has an active political climate. There are multiple local elections held throughout the year for various positions such as Mayor, Town Council Members, and other local officials who are responsible for making decisions that benefit their community. In addition to these local elections, citizens can also participate in larger state and national elections. Despite its small size, Sharon is passionate about politics and the community is committed to engaging in the democratic process by casting their votes for candidates that will best represent them on a local level.
The political climate in Zip 29742 (Sharon, SC) is moderately conservative.
York County, SC is moderately conservative. In York County, SC 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 41.0%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29742 (Sharon, SC) is moderately conservative.
Sharon, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
York County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia 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.
Sharon, 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 29742 (Sharon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25,000 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)