The small city of East Flat Rock, NC (28726) is a charming rural town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. While it has seen some growth in recent years, with its population estimated around 990 people as of 2019, it has maintained its close-knit community atmosphere. Politically, East Flat Rock is considered to be a deeply conservative area. The majority of registered voters in this area identify as Republican and tend to favor traditionally conservative values and candidates. Local elections tend to see a lot of involvement from the citizens here, who are passionate about their beliefs and take their civic duty seriously. In general, most local politicians are also committed to preserving the rural feel and charm that make East Flat Rock such an appealing place to live.
The political climate in Zip 28726 (East Flat Rock, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Henderson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Henderson County, NC 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.8%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28726 (East Flat Rock, NC) is somewhat conservative.
East Flat Rock, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Henderson 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.
East Flat Rock, 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 28726 (East Flat Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $1,494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $4,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)