Spartanburg, SC is located in the heart of Upstate South Carolina and is home to a vibrant culture and politics. The city of Spartanburg is governed by a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor serves as the chief executive and the city council members are elected representatives of local neighborhoods. Currently, Mayor Junie White and City Council Members Sterling Anderson, Jerome Rice, Linda Dogan, Melissa Huntley, Bill Burns, Cate Ryba and Sterling Anderson serve as the governing body for Spartanburg. Issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and public education are regularly discussed among elected officials in city hall. The community also actively participates in politics through local elections that take place every four years. As citizens of Spartanburg continue to take an active interest in their local government it will help ensure that their voice is heard when important decisions are made at any level.
The political climate in Zip 29302 (Spartanburg, SC) is moderately conservative.
Spartanburg County, SC is strongly conservative. In Spartanburg County, SC 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spartanburg county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.6%.
Spartanburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29302 (Spartanburg, SC) is moderately conservative.
Spartanburg, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Spartanburg County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Spartanburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Spartanburg, 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 29302 (Spartanburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 676 contributions totaling $92,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 576 contributions totaling $317,644 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $551 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)