Lake Waccamaw, NC is a small town located in Columbus County, NC. It is home to just over 1,500 people and is a tight-knit community. Locally, the political landscape is very important to the citizens of Lake Waccamaw as they strive to maintain their sense of identity and remain true to their values. Local elections are an important event for the townspeople and candidates often campaign on issues such as job growth, infrastructure development, education reform, and public health improvement. During election season the citizens of Lake Waccamaw come together to debate the different candidates' platforms and decide which candidate best represents their values. The local government also plays an important role in supporting local businesses and ensuring that residents have access to essential services such as healthcare, education, transportation, housing, etc. Ultimately the politics of Lake Waccamaw are rooted in its commitment to progress and maintaining its traditional values of family, respect for one another and hard work.
The political climate in Lake Waccamaw, NC is moderately conservative.
Columbus County, NC is strongly conservative. In Columbus County, NC 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbus county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.6% to 35.7%.
Columbus county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Waccamaw, NC is moderately conservative.
Columbus County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
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 Waccamaw, North Carolina: d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Lake Waccamaw, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $16,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $10,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)