Biltmore Forest, NC is a small town located in the mountains of North Carolina. It has a long history of advocating for progressive ideals and encouraging civic engagement. Local politics often focuses on environmental issues such as protecting the local forests and streams, as well as providing the necessary infrastructure for economic growth and development. In recent years, Biltmore Forest has worked to increase access to public transportation, reduce pollution, and support small businesses. The town is also home to many grassroots groups that seek to promote social justice initiatives and increase voter participation. Overall, the political atmosphere in Biltmore Forest is one of open dialogue and collaboration between different stakeholders in order to create positive change in the local community.
The political climate in Biltmore Forest, NC is somewhat 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
Biltmore Forest, NC is somewhat 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.
Biltmore Forest, 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 Biltmore Forest, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,856 contributions totaling $1,103,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,864 contributions totaling $638,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)