Fontana Dam, NC is a small town located in the mountains of North Carolina. It is a relatively small community with only 378 residents, making it the smallest incorporated town in Graham County. Despite its size, Fontana Dam has an active political landscape and engages in local politics on a regular basis. The town is represented by Republicans in both the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate. Local elections take place every two years to decide Mayoral and Town Council positions. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and economic development are discussed by candidates when they are campaigning for office. As a smaller community with limited resources, Fontana Dam has relied on state legislators to provide support for its continued growth and success.
The political climate in Zip 28733 (Fontana Dam, NC) is very conservative.
Graham County, NC is very conservative. In Graham County, NC 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Graham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 19.4%.
Graham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28733 (Fontana Dam, NC) is very conservative.
Fontana Dam, North Carolina is very conservative.
Graham County, North Carolina is very 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.
Fontana Dam, 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 28733 (Fontana Dam)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $450 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)