Seven Lakes, NC is a small community located near the city of Southern Pines. The town has a tight-knit population of around 1,500 people that all have a strong sense of pride and community spirit. Although Seven Lakes does not have its own local government or political representatives, it does fall within the jurisdiction of Moore County and is represented by local political candidates at the county level. The county operates with an elected board of commissioners who are responsible for making policy decisions that affect the entire county, including Seven Lakes. In addition to these representatives, citizens in Seven Lakes are also eligible to vote in state and national elections for candidates whose platforms would ultimately apply to them as well. Therefore, politics within Seven Lakes are largely determined by those elected at the state and national level rather than having their own local representatives.
The political climate in Seven Lakes, NC is moderately conservative.
Moore County, NC is strongly conservative. In Moore County, NC 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.6%.
Moore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seven Lakes, NC is moderately conservative.
Moore County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Pinehurst-Southern Pines Metro Area 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.
Seven Lakes, 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 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 Seven Lakes, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 412 contributions totaling $40,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $24,626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)