The politics in 28731 Flat Rock, NC is largely dominated by the Republican party. The area has been a reliable stronghold for the GOP at both state and national levels for many years. In local elections, candidates from various political parties run for office, including Republicans, Democrats, and Libertarian-leaning independent candidates. However, due to the strong Republican presence in the area, GOP candidates often have an advantage in local elections. Recent election campaigns have focused on issues such as taxes, education reform, and infrastructure investment. Local politicians are very active in engaging voters on matters of importance to their district and they strive to keep constituents informed about upcoming issues that will affect their lives.
The political climate in Zip 28731 (Flat Rock, NC) is moderately 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 28731 (Flat Rock, NC) is moderately conservative.
Flat Rock, North Carolina is moderately 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.
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 28731 (Flat Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 681 contributions totaling $53,713 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $21,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)