Marion, North Carolina is located in McDowell County and is known for its hardworking citizens and vibrant culture. Politics in Marion are important to its citizens, as they seek to make their city a better place to live and work. Marion has a mayor-council government that works together to ensure that the needs of its constituents are met. The mayor and city council members serve four year terms and are responsible for making decisions about budgets, taxes, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and other important matters. Additionally, Marion has several local representatives in the North Carolina General Assembly who work to address regional issues such as education funding, healthcare reform, transportation improvement projects, and more. No matter which way residents lean politically, they all share an interest in working together to create a better future for Marion and its citizens.
The political climate in Marion, NC is moderately conservative.
McDowell County, NC is very conservative. In McDowell County, NC 25.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDowell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 25.4%.
McDowell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion, NC is moderately conservative.
McDowell County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Marion Metro Area 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.
Marion, 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 Marion, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,995 contributions totaling $204,839 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 575 contributions totaling $79,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)