Dillsboro, North Carolina is a small town in Jackson County that has an active political scene. The town is governed by a five-member Town Council that meets monthly to discuss and decide on issues related to the community. The Mayor is elected to serve a two-year term and the four Council Members are elected for two-year terms as well. Elections are held biennially in odd years. Recently, the Town of Dillsboro approved a long-term development plan aimed at improving infrastructure and creating jobs and opportunities for the citizens of Dillsboro. Residents here have the opportunity to get involved in their local politics by attending public meetings, casting their vote in elections, or even running for office themselves. Every election cycle brings new candidates who come out with exciting ideas and platforms aiming to bring positive change to the community.
The political climate in Dillsboro, NC is somewhat conservative.
Jackson County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Jackson County, NC 44.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained moderately Republican, 53.0% to 44.8%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dillsboro, NC is somewhat conservative.
Jackson County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Cullowhee Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Dillsboro, North Carolina: r r d 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 Dillsboro, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 817 contributions totaling $47,144 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $17,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)