Starr, SC is a small town located in Anderson County. It is governed by the Mayor, four Council Members, and the Town Clerk. They are responsible for setting and maintaining laws that are followed throughout the community. The political landscape in Starr, SC is heavily influenced by local values and opinions. Residents take an active role in their government's decisions and have a strong sense of civic responsibility towards their community. In addition to participating in local elections, many Starr residents work with elected officials, volunteer on committees or join advocacy groups to ensure that their voices are heard. As such, politics in Starr remain an important part of life for many of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 29684 (Starr, SC) is very conservative.
Anderson County, SC is very conservative. In Anderson County, SC 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.3%.
Anderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29684 (Starr, SC) is very conservative.
Starr, South Carolina is very conservative.
Anderson County, South Carolina is very conservative.
Greenville-Anderson 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.
Starr, 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 29684 (Starr)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $660 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $3,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $502 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)