Hot Springs, NC, located in Madison County within the 28743 zip code is a small but vibrant town with plenty of local politics and public figures. The mayor of Hot Springs is Joe Davis, a longtime resident of the town who has served as mayor since 2012. Alongside him, city commissioners Derek Smith and Bob Johnson work to ensure that the needs of citizens are met and that policy decisions reflect the values of the town. Each year local elections take place for various positions including city commissioners and state representatives. This election season has many community members excited to exercise their right to vote in hopes of seeing positive change. Through these elections, citizens have a voice in what happens in their community and can make sure their interests are represented on a larger scale.
The political climate in Zip 28743 (Hot Springs, NC) is moderately conservative.
Madison County, NC is moderately conservative. In Madison County, NC 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.5%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28743 (Hot Springs, NC) is moderately conservative.
Hot Springs, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Madison County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Asheville 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.
Hot Springs, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 28743 (Hot Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 377 contributions totaling $20,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)