Yancey County is located in the western part of North Carolina and is known for its picturesque mountain views. Although it is a small rural county, it has a vibrant political scene. The county is served by the Yancey County Board of Commissioners, which governs issues such as zoning, taxation and public safety. There are also local political parties that provide support to candidates running for municipal offices, state legislature or US Congress in the area. These parties include the Democratic Party, Republican Party and Libertarian Party, all of which are active in promoting their ideals to Yancey County residents. They also help organize debates between candidates and host community events where people can meet and discuss important issues with elected officials. In addition, there are many organizations in Yancey County that work to promote civic engagement such as voter registration drives and voter education campaigns. All these efforts serve to ensure that local politics remain relevant to the citizens of Yancey County.
The political climate in Yancey County, NC is very conservative.
In Yancey County, NC 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yancey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.5%.
Yancey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yancey County, NC 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.
Yancey, 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 Yancey County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,147 contributions totaling $55,438 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 188 contributions totaling $42,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)