The City of Bryson City, NC is a small town located in the beautiful Smoky Mountains. It has a population of roughly 1,400 people and boasts a rich cultural heritage. The politics here are largely defined by local issues such as development, economic growth, and education. The mayor is appointed every two years and there are four commissioners that serve the citizens of 28713 Bryson City. In recent years, political discourse has revolved around creating jobs for locals and finding ways to help the city become more economically viable. Recently, several candidates have declared their intention to run for office in this year’s election including incumbent mayor Terry Maddox and challenger Phil Cooley. These two candidates bring different perspectives on how to best move forward with the city’s objectives. Locals will have an opportunity to make their voices heard during the primary elections taking place later this year.
The political climate in Zip 28713 (Bryson City, NC) is moderately conservative.
Swain County, NC is moderately conservative. In Swain County, NC 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swain county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 39.3%.
Swain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28713 (Bryson City, NC) is moderately conservative.
Bryson City, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Swain County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
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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.
Bryson City, 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 28713 (Bryson City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 184 contributions totaling $30,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $11,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)