Ulmer, SC is located in the county of Colleton and is home to a diverse population. The town is governed by a mayor-council system and residents can find information on local politics through their town website. Currently, the mayor of Ulmer is Butch Postell and he has served since 2010. The town council is comprised of six members who are elected to two year terms. Elections are held every two years and residents can choose from a wide variety of candidates who represent all walks of life. Some key issues that the local government deals with include public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and high quality education. The citizens of Ulmer are passionate about their community and take part in local government agendas to ensure they have a say in how their city progresses.
The political climate in Zip 29849 (Ulmer, SC) is moderately liberal.
Allendale County, SC is very liberal. In Allendale County, SC 75.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allendale county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.6% to 23.2%.
Allendale county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29849 (Ulmer, SC) is moderately liberal.
Ulmer, South Carolina is moderately liberal.
Allendale County, South Carolina is very liberal.
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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.
Ulmer, 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 29849 (Ulmer)
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 1 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)