Spring Lake, NC is a small town in North Carolina with a population of just over 8,000 people. The political atmosphere in Spring Lake can be described as moderate and the town is represented by both sides of the aisle in local government. The Mayor of Spring Lake is currently Steven Johnson, who was first elected in 2016 on a platform of fiscal responsibility and community improvement. Along with Mayor Johnson, the current members of the Town Council are Joe Brown, Bruce Withers, Mike Boucher, and John Jones. Together they are responsible for setting policy goals designed to better meet the needs of their constituents. In recent years they have been working to create economic incentives for businesses looking to relocate to Spring Lake and to foster closer relationships between the town and its neighboring communities.
The political climate in Spring Lake, NC is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, NC is moderately liberal. In Cumberland County, NC 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 40.8%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Lake, NC is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Fayetteville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Spring Lake, North Carolina: d r D D D D
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 Spring Lake, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 550 contributions totaling $48,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 301 contributions totaling $59,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)