Elk Park is a small town in North Carolina located in Avery County. Politics here are mainly focused on local issues such as crime, economic development, and public education. The two major political parties represented in the area are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Every year, the citizens of Elk Park elect political candidates to serve as their representatives in local government. These local politicians work hard to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met by advocating for better schools, safer neighborhoods, and job creation. They also work with state legislators on legislation that affects their community. Overall, Elk Park is an important part of North Carolina's political landscape and its citizens have a strong interest in local politics and making sure their voices are heard on important issues that affect their lives.
The political climate in Elk Park, NC is strongly conservative.
Avery County, NC is very conservative. In Avery County, NC 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Avery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 23.2%.
Avery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elk Park, NC is strongly conservative.
Avery 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.
Elk Park, 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 Elk Park, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)