The politics in North Augusta, SC, 29860 is an interesting topic to explore. Historically, the town has been a reliably conservative one, with Republicans winning most of the local elections. In 2020, however, there were tighter races for some positions due to high voter turnout and an influx of new residents. The Mayor of North Augusta was re-elected but several of his challengers made strong showings. The city council races were also competitive as well, with incumbents facing tough challenges from newcomers. Regardless of the outcome on election day, there was a greater awareness among citizens about local politics and issues that will be important going forward.
The political climate in Zip 29860 (North Augusta, SC) is moderately conservative.
Edgefield County, SC is strongly conservative. In Edgefield County, SC 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edgefield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.5% to 37.2%.
Edgefield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 29860 (North Augusta, SC) is moderately conservative.
North Augusta, South Carolina is moderately conservative.
Edgefield County, South Carolina is strongly conservative.
Augusta-Richmond County 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.
North Augusta, 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 29860 (North Augusta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $4,320 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $25,331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)