Hayesville, NC is a small rural town located in the foothills of the western North Carolina Mountains and is home to just over 1,500 people. The local politics in Hayesville are overseen by a five-member board of commissioners who serve four-year terms. It is their job to ensure that local laws are enforced, budgets are approved and local resources are used properly. They also handle any zoning or development decisions for the area. The current board consists of two Republicans and three Democrats, with each member representing a different part of town. Elections occur every two years and residents can get involved by attending community meetings and casting their vote when the time comes. Overall, Hayesville’s politics tend to remain relatively low key given its small size, with more attention being focused on other aspects of life such as festivals, outdoor recreation and education.
The political climate in Hayesville, NC is strongly conservative.
Clay County, NC is very conservative. In Clay County, NC 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 24.6%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hayesville, NC is strongly conservative.
Clay 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.
Hayesville, 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 Hayesville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 297 contributions totaling $16,317 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $30,559 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)