The politics in 28781 Topton, NC are mainly influenced by the local government. The town of Topton is governed by a mayor and five council members who represent the town's citizens. Each year, they are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community. The citizens of Topton can have their voices heard by voting in local elections that determine who will represent them for terms up to four years. These elections are nonpartisan and feature candidates from all walks of life, including those from the Democratic and Republican parties. Residents of Topton also have a say in national issues through their state representatives in the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate. Through these representatives, Topton can participate in debates about important issues such as taxes, healthcare, education, and more.
The political climate in Zip 28781 (Topton, NC) is very conservative.
Cherokee County, NC is very conservative. In Cherokee County, NC 21.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.8%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28781 (Topton, NC) is very conservative.
Topton, North Carolina is very conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Topton, 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 28781 (Topton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)