In 29594 Tatum, SC, politics are an important part of its local community. The town is represented in the South Carolina House of Representatives and Senate by Representative John King and Senator Chris Murphy. Local residents take an active interest in local politics and are often found discussing issues at the town hall meetings and rallies held throughout the year. There are also a variety of local political action groups that work to ensure their voices are heard on various topics. Although talk about population or local political candidates is not appropriate for this context, it's clear that politics is a major part of life in 29594 Tatum, SC.
The political climate in Zip 29594 (Tatum, SC) is leaning liberal.
Marlboro County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Marlboro County, SC 55.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marlboro county remained strongly Democratic, 55.0% to 44.1%.
Marlboro county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29594 (Tatum, SC) is leaning liberal.
Tatum, South Carolina is leaning liberal.
Marlboro County, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Bennettsville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Tatum, South Carolina: D D D D D D
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 29594 (Tatum)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)