Waynesville, NC is a small town located in the western part of North Carolina. It has a rich history and culture that is reflected in its local political climate. Waynesville takes pride in its commitment to supporting candidates from all parties. The town's residents are politically active, often taking the time to attend local debates and meetings about important issues facing the community. Local elections always draw a large turnout as people come together to express their opinions on who should lead the town into the future. Waynesville also has a strong sense of civic responsibility, with many members of the community volunteering for campaigns or holding leadership roles within their parties. Through these efforts, Waynesville ensures that its citizens have a voice in their government and that their votes count.
The political climate in Waynesville, NC is somewhat conservative.
Haywood County, NC is strongly conservative. In Haywood County, NC 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haywood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.0%.
Haywood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waynesville, NC is somewhat conservative.
Haywood County, North Carolina is strongly 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.
Waynesville, 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 Waynesville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,409 contributions totaling $226,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 580 contributions totaling $90,566 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)