Lake Park, NC is a small town situated in the Atlantic Coast of the United States. It is known for its coastal beauty and warm climate. Although it is small in size, the politics of Lake Park are just as important as those of larger cities. Local elections are held every two years to fill open positions on the Town Council and Board of Education. The council is responsible for setting budgets, approving ordinances, and allocating resources among local municipalities. The Board of Education oversees curriculum development, school policies, and student assessment. All candidates running for office must be residents of Lake Park and have at least three years of experience in the municipality or related field. Elections feature an array of candidates with varying opinions on numerous issues that impact this community including taxes, infrastructure improvements, local businesses growth, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection regulations. Residents take their civic duties seriously by voting in every election cycle to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to decision-making about how their local government operates.
The political climate in Lake Park, NC is moderately conservative.
Union County, NC is strongly conservative. In Union County, NC 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.2%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Park, NC is moderately conservative.
Union County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia 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 Park, 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 Lake Park, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 223 contributions totaling $19,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $45,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)