Bakersville, NC is a small but thriving town that has a rich history of political involvement and civic responsibility. The town is governed by a mayor and three city council members who are elected by the local voters every four years. The current mayor is David Jones and the three city council members are Sandy Smith, Jill Williams, and Bill Johnson. They all work together to ensure that Bakersville's needs are met in an efficient and effective manner. Events such as community meetings for important decisions are held regularly to ensure that citizens remain informed of any changes that may affect them. Additionally, the local government works hard to promote civic participation within the community through events like seasonal festivals and public forums on current issues. Overall, Bakersville's political leaders strive to create an environment where everyone can feel comfortable living in their hometown.
The political climate in Bakersville, NC is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, NC is very conservative. In Mitchell County, NC 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 20.7%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bakersville, NC is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, North Carolina is very conservative.
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.
Bakersville, 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 Bakersville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 255 contributions totaling $26,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $7,272 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)