The small town of Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, 28745 has a strong political presence and is home to many passionate citizens who take an active involvement in local politics. The town's representative in the United States Congress is Madison Cawthorn, and the state house district consists of five representatives: Michele Presnell, Josh Dobson, Jonathan Jordan, Joe Sam Queen and Rhonda Schandevel. Each of these representatives are passionate about their work representing the needs of the residents of Lake Junaluska. Issues important to local constituents include health care access, education reform, environmental protection and civil rights. Local businesses also benefit from strong representation as they seek to thrive in a competitive market. Residents can find out more about their local representatives by visiting their websites or attending public events throughout the year held by each elected official. Through active involvement and participation in politics, Lake Junaluska remains an informed and engaged community with a vibrant political presence.
The political climate in Zip 28745 (Lake Junaluska, NC) is moderately conservative.
Haywood County, NC is strongly conservative. In Haywood County, NC 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haywood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.0%.
Haywood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28745 (Lake Junaluska, NC) is moderately conservative.
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Haywood County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Asheville Metro Area is leaning liberal.
North Carolina is leaning 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.
Lake Junaluska, North 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 28745 (Lake Junaluska)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $4,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)