Clyde, NC is a small town with a population of around 8,000. Although it is small, it has an active political landscape. Numerous candidates regularly run for municipal offices such as mayor, city council and other local positions. Each candidate brings their own unique ideas and policies to the table in order to improve the town. The citizens of Clyde have an important role to play in this process by casting their vote and helping shape the future of their community. Local elections are held every four years and residents can make their voices heard by voting for the candidate they believe will be best for the town.
The political climate in Clyde, NC is moderately conservative.
Haywood County, NC is strongly conservative. In Haywood County, NC 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haywood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.0%.
Haywood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clyde, NC is moderately conservative.
Haywood County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
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.
Clyde, 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 Clyde, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 564 contributions totaling $54,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $6,642 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)