Located in 29169 West Columbia, South Carolina, the area is governed by local politics and leaders that strive to make the area a better place for its residents. The area is represented on the state level by members of the SC House and Senate as well as other federal representatives. At the county level, residents are represented by an elected county council which makes decisions regarding county services and regulations. Additionally, community members can elect officials to serve on their local school board who work to improve education in the area. Overall, those in the 29169 West Columbia area are active and engaged in local politics to ensure their voices are heard and their needs are met.
The political climate in Zip 29169 (West Columbia, SC) is moderately conservative.
Lexington County, SC is strongly conservative. In Lexington County, SC 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lexington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 34.1%.
Lexington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29169 (West Columbia, SC) is moderately conservative.
West Columbia, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Lexington County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Columbia Metro Area is leaning 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.
West Columbia, 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 29169 (West Columbia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 381 contributions totaling $39,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 319 contributions totaling $100,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $316 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)