Bent Creek, NC is located in Wake County and has a population of approximately 10,000 people. As a rural town, the local political landscape is heavily focused on advocating for and improving services in the community. Issues such as public education, infrastructure development, and job opportunities always come up during elections as citizens strive to make their community better. Local politicians have worked hard to ensure that Bent Creek remains a safe and prosperous place to live. From city council members to county commissioners, these leaders have prioritized the needs of Bent Creek while working towards solutions on a wide range of topics. With more progressive policies being pushed forward in recent years, Bent Creek can look forward to continued progress and growth in the future.
The political climate in Bent Creek, NC is leaning liberal.
Buncombe County, NC is moderately liberal. In Buncombe County, NC 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buncombe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 38.6%.
Buncombe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bent Creek, NC is leaning liberal.
Buncombe County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Asheville Metro Area is leaning 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.
Bent Creek, North Carolina: r r D D D D
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 Bent Creek, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,223 contributions totaling $186,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $52,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)