29079 Lydia, SC is a small town in South Carolina with a population of over 2,000 people. The politics here are primarily focused on local issues such as education, infrastructure and public safety. There is a town council that meets regularly to discuss these topics, and the people of Lydia often attend or voice their opinions at these meetings. The current mayor is Jane Franklin, who came into office in 2018 and has been very popular with the citizens of Lydia. There are also state representatives for the area that handle politics at a statewide level. In addition to them, many individuals have run for office within the past few years including several candidates from both major political parties. Although there is no one single issue that stands out above all others in 29079 Lydia, SC, the citizens take great pride in their community and are committed to ensuring that it remains a wonderful place to live for generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 29079 (Lydia, SC) is leaning conservative.
Darlington County, SC is leaning conservative. In Darlington County, SC 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Darlington county remained Republican, 51.9% to 47.0%.
Darlington county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29079 (Lydia, SC) is leaning conservative.
Lydia, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Darlington County, South Carolina is leaning conservative.
Florence Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lydia, South Carolina: r r r d 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 29079 (Lydia)
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 2 contributions totaling $255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)