Politics in 29161 Timmonsville, SC are largely shaped by the local government and the citizens of the area. The town is served by Mayor Joe Anderson, who was elected to his post in 2018. There is a City Council that meets regularly to discuss matters pertaining to the community. Issues such as infrastructure, budgeting, and community events are some of the topics discussed at these meetings. Furthermore, due to Timmonsville’s small population size, there no local political candidates or elections in the area. Instead, citizens can participate in larger state-wide elections such as those for governor or senator. By participating in these larger elections, they can have a say in decisions that help shape their community.
The political climate in Zip 29161 (Timmonsville, SC) is leaning conservative.
Florence County, SC is leaning conservative. In Florence County, SC 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Florence county remained narrowly Republican, 50.6% to 48.3%.
Florence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29161 (Timmonsville, SC) is leaning conservative.
Timmonsville, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence County, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence Metro Area is leaning 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.
Timmonsville, 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 29161 (Timmonsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $7,111 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $15,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)