The politics in 29615 Wade Hampton, SC are largely focused on local issues that affect the city and its residents. The city council consists of six members who are elected by local voters to represent their interests and concerns. Each council member is responsible for making decisions about issues such as taxation, infrastructure, public safety, economic development, and other matters that impact the everyday lives of citizens. The mayor serves as a leader of the city council and works with them to ensure that their decisions are in line with the goals set out for the area. Local elections take place every two years in order to elect new candidates who will represent the citizens of 29615 Wade Hampton, SC. Voters in this area should take advantage of their civic duty to help shape policy on a local level.
The political climate in Zip 29615 (Wade Hampton, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Greenville County, SC is moderately conservative. In Greenville County, SC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenville county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 39.9%.
Greenville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29615 (Wade Hampton, SC) is somewhat conservative.
Wade Hampton, South Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Greenville County, South Carolina is moderately 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.
Wade Hampton, 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 29615 (Wade Hampton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,836 contributions totaling $135,706 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 774 contributions totaling $774,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)