Flat Rock, NC is a small community located in Henderson County. It has a long history of being politically active with many people who are passionate about making their voices heard through elections and discussions. Most recently, the focus has been on local issues that affect the residents of Flat Rock such as taxes, education, and infrastructure. Several local candidates have emerged and held debates to discuss their plans for improving the community and addressing vital issues. Residents have taken advantage of early voting opportunities and cast their ballots for who they believe will best serve them in office. The election results will reflect how the people of Flat Rock feel about the direction they want their community to take.
The political climate in Flat Rock, 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
Flat Rock, 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.
Flat Rock, 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 Flat Rock, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,999 contributions totaling $300,577 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,280 contributions totaling $181,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)