The small town of 28790 Zirconia, NC is part of the larger Polk County in North Carolina. The town is an unincorporated area with a population of just over 300 people. Politically, the town follows the same partisan divisions as the rest of Polk County, leaning towards the Democratic Party with many local issues reflecting that preference. Local politics are more focused on grassroots efforts and initiatives as there are no local candidates to vote for due to the small population size. Citizens are instead actively engaging in county-wide political discussions and initiatives such as public safety concerns, educational opportunities, and environmental issues that affect all citizens in the region.
The political climate in Zip 28790 (Zirconia, 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 28790 (Zirconia, NC) is moderately conservative.
Zirconia, 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.
Zirconia, 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 28790 (Zirconia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $6,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $8,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)