Spartanburg County, South Carolina is a bustling and vibrant area with a rich history and dynamic political climate. The 29307 ZIP code comprises the city of Spartanburg, and political representation in this area comes from both state and federal levels. At the state level, Senator Scott Talley represents the citizens of Spartanburg county in the South Carolina Senate while Representatives Josiah Magnuson and Mike Gambrell serve as representatives for District 38 in the state House. Meanwhile, at the federal level, South Carolina's 4th Congressional District is represented by Republican William Timmons. Overall, citizens of 29307 Spartanburg have access to their local government on all levels to ensure that their interests are heard and addressed.
The political climate in Zip 29307 (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 29307 (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 29307 (Spartanburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,177 contributions totaling $32,652 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 437 contributions totaling $156,256 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)