Located in Richland County, Wedgefield, SC is a small town with about 6,000 citizens. Despite its small population size, the town has a vibrant political scene. Every year candidates for mayor and councilperson are nominated on both sides of the aisle and elected by the citizens of Wedgefield. These local politicians serve to maintain order in the town and provide access to resources for its people. In recent years, these political leaders have focused their efforts on creating jobs and attracting new business to Wedgefield in order to bring economic growth to the community. Political events such as town hall meetings and campaign launches are regular occurrences throughout the year, ensuring that all citizens are able to engage in civic dialogue. With passionate individuals from both parties dedicated to improving Wedgefield, it is clear that politics plays an important role in this community.
The political climate in Zip 29168 (Wedgefield, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, SC is somewhat liberal. In Sumter County, SC 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumter county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 42.9%.
Sumter county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29168 (Wedgefield, SC) is somewhat liberal.
Wedgefield, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, South Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Sumter 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.
Wedgefield, South Carolina: r 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 29168 (Wedgefield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $5 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $6,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)