Edneyville, NC is a small town located in Henderson County. The town is run by a five-member board of commissioners, who are elected by the residents and serve four-year terms. Local elections take place every two years and are an important way for residents to make their voices heard and advocate for any changes or issues they deem necessary. As an example, in 2018 the town held an election to determine whether or not to allow a new housing development to be built within the area. This ultimately resulted in a majority vote for the development, but it was still an important moment for political engagement on behalf of the citizens of Edneyville. All members of the community are encouraged to get involved with local politics as it is often through this kind of action that real progress can be made at a grassroots level.
The political climate in Edneyville, NC is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Henderson County, NC 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.8%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edneyville, NC is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, North Carolina is moderately 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.
Edneyville, 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 Edneyville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,547 contributions totaling $115,005 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,065 contributions totaling $117,843 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)