Hendersonville, NC is a beautiful city located in western North Carolina nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is a vibrant, welcoming community with a strong sense of local pride and civic engagement. The politics in Hendersonville are characterized by an atmosphere of collaboration and compromise, as citizens work together to identify solutions to issues facing the city. Local elections often feature multiple candidates competing for seats on the city council or other local political offices. Candidates typically bring diverse perspectives and experience to the table, allowing for meaningful conversations about how best to serve the community. Regardless of who wins, it is important that all parties involved remain focused on finding common ground and working together towards a shared vision for the future of Hendersonville.
The political climate in Hendersonville, NC is somewhat 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
Hendersonville, NC is somewhat 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.
Hendersonville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Hendersonville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,909 contributions totaling $433,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,478 contributions totaling $319,371 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)