Drayton, SC is a small town located in the upstate region of South Carolina. It has a long history of politics and civic engagement. The locals have a great deal of pride in their town and are passionate about the issues that affect them. Local candidates run for office each election cycle, tackling problems such as economic development, education reform, crime prevention and environmental protection. Community members are actively engaged in local politics by volunteering on campaigns or attending candidate forums to voice their opinions. In addition, Drayton residents tend to stay informed through news outlets like local newspapers or television stations that report on political events occurring in the area. The citizens of Drayton have an important role to play when it comes to influencing local politics, and they take that responsibility seriously.
The political climate in Zip 29333 (Drayton, SC) is moderately conservative.
Spartanburg County, SC is strongly conservative. In Spartanburg County, SC 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spartanburg county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.6%.
Spartanburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29333 (Drayton, SC) is moderately conservative.
Drayton, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Spartanburg County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Spartanburg 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.
Drayton, 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 29333 (Drayton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $988 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)