White Lake, NC is a small town in southeastern North Carolina. Although it has a small population of only around 400 people, there is still an active and engaged community. Local politics in White Lake are overseen by the Town Council, which consists of five members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Mayor Robert Gaskin who was elected in 2019 and the current council members include Daryll Owens, Marsha Smith, Virginia Cramer, Nancy Spruell and Kevin Bowyer. The Town Council meets regularly throughout the year to discuss policy issues affecting White Lake and its citizens. They also work with local government bodies such as the county commission, state representatives and federal agencies to ensure that the community's needs are met. In addition to this oversight role, the Town Council also makes decisions about infrastructure improvements, zoning regulations and other matters that affect White Lake’s quality of life.
The political climate in White Lake, NC is moderately conservative.
Bladen County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Bladen County, NC 42.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bladen county remained strongly Republican, 56.5% to 42.8%.
Bladen county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Lake, NC is moderately conservative.
Bladen County, North Carolina is somewhat 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.
White Lake, North Carolina: d r d d 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 White Lake, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 216 contributions totaling $11,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $37,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $413 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)