The town of 28773 Saluda, NC is a small rural community located in Polk County. It has a total area of 4.4 square miles and is home to approximately 1,400 residents. The local government is led by a seven-member board of commissioners, with the mayor serving as the town’s chief executive officer. The mayor and commissioners are elected at-large for four-year terms. Residents of Saluda can stay up to date with their local politics through the town's official website which provides information on current events, upcoming meetings, and contact information for local officials. In addition, residents can attend monthly meetings held by the board of commissioners or join one of several local political organizations such as the Saluda County Democratic Committee or the Saluda County Republican Club. The town also holds an annual election every April where residents have their voices heard and choose their local representatives in positions ranging from mayor to sheriff. With its small but active political scene, 28773 Saluda, NC remains engaged with politics at both the local and national level.
The political climate in Zip 28773 (Saluda, NC) is moderately conservative.
Polk County, NC is strongly conservative. In Polk County, NC 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.6%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28773 (Saluda, NC) is moderately conservative.
Saluda, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Polk County, North Carolina is strongly 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.
Saluda, 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 28773 (Saluda)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 199 contributions totaling $17,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)