Youngsville, NC is a small town in the southern part of North Carolina with a proud history and an active political scene. The town’s local government consists of a mayor, six members on the board of commissioners and various department heads. The mayor, commissioner board, and department heads all work together to ensure Youngsville runs smoothly. Currently, there are three main political candidates running for office in Youngsville: Ryan Johnson, Tammy Wilson and Edward Miller. They all have their own unique ideas for how to make Youngsville a better place to live through improvements in education, infrastructure, public safety and more. It will be up to the citizens of Youngsville to decide who they think will best serve their needs and interests going forward. With such diverse options available for representation it promises to be an exciting election season!
The political climate in Youngsville, NC is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Franklin County, NC 42.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 42.5%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Youngsville, NC is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Raleigh-Cary Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Youngsville, 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 Youngsville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $6,629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $13,887 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)