Politics in 29717 Hickory Grove, SC revolves around the local and state levels. At the local level, citizens are informed about upcoming elections and can get involved by voting for their preferred candidates. Local elections often focus on issues such as taxes, education, public safety, infrastructure, and other topics that directly affect the Hickory Grove community. At the state level, residents of 29717 Hickory Grove have representatives in both chambers of the South Carolina legislature who represent their interests in Columbia. These representatives help to shape public policy and make laws that affect citizens throughout the state. Additionally, voters in 29717 Hickory Grove also participate in national elections to select leaders for federal offices such as president, congressperson, and senator. All of these political activities ensure that citizens of 29717 Hickory Grove are able to practice their right to vote and have a say in how they are governed.
The political climate in Zip 29717 (Hickory Grove, SC) is moderately conservative.
York County, SC is moderately conservative. In York County, SC 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 41.0%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29717 (Hickory Grove, SC) is moderately conservative.
Hickory Grove, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
York County, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia 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.
Hickory Grove, 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 29717 (Hickory Grove)
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 $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)