Hays, NC is a small town with a population of just over 2,000 people. Even though it is a relatively small town, politics plays an important role in the community. Local residents are passionate about maintaining their unique identity and voice their opinions on politics in Hays. Local elections are held each year to elect officials for the town council, who act as the governing body for the area. These officials make decisions about local regulations, taxes, zoning laws and other issues that affect the citizens of Hays. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved with local political campaigns if they choose to do so. Overall, politics in Hays is an important part of what makes this small town unique and allows its citizens to have a say in how their community develops moving forward.
The political climate in Hays, NC is strongly conservative.
Wilkes County, NC is very conservative. In Wilkes County, NC 21.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilkes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 21.2%.
Wilkes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hays, NC is strongly conservative.
Wilkes County, North Carolina is very conservative.
North Wilkesboro Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Hays, 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 Hays, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 446 contributions totaling $157,816 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $354 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 692 contributions totaling $111,322 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)