The rural community of 28718 Cedar Mountain, NC is nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and it has a population of about 3,700 people. It's also part of the larger Transylvania County. This small town is known for its strong sense of community and active involvement in local politics. Residents take an active role in deciding who represents them in government, and there is a wide variety of candidates to choose from when local elections come around. In recent years, many have been working hard to promote progressive reforms such as environmental protection and education funding in order to make sure that Cedar Mountain remains an attractive place to live for generations to come. With strong political engagement among its citizens, it's no wonder that 28718 Cedar Mountain, NC continues to be one of the most politically vibrant communities in the entire region.
The political climate in Zip 28718 (Cedar Mountain, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Transylvania County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Transylvania County, NC 41.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Transylvania county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.4%.
Transylvania county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28718 (Cedar Mountain, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Cedar Mountain, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Transylvania County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Brevard Metro Area 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.
Cedar Mountain, 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 28718 (Cedar Mountain)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 295 contributions totaling $25,429 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)