Sunset Beach, North Carolina is a small town located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The politics of this area are based on a strong sense of community and an emphasis on preserving the local environment and culture. Local elections focus on issues such as maintaining public safety, providing quality education, and protecting the area’s unique wildlife and landscape. The town is served by two independent elected bodies: the Sunset Beach Town Council and the Sunset Beach Planning Board. Both bodies work together to develop policies that reflect the values of Sunset Beach residents. Additionally, both bodies are actively involved in advancing economic development initiatives to ensure that the local economy remains healthy and vibrant for future generations. Citizens of Sunset Beach take pride in their town and are deeply involved in local political issues to ensure that their vision for the future of their community is reflected in policy decisions made by their governing bodies.
The political climate in Zip 28468 (Sunset Beach, NC) is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, NC is strongly conservative. In Brunswick County, NC 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brunswick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.9%.
Brunswick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28468 (Sunset Beach, NC) is moderately conservative.
Sunset Beach, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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.
Sunset Beach, 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 28468 (Sunset Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 329 contributions totaling $12,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 212 contributions totaling $20,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)