Taylorsville, NC is a small town in the foothills of North Carolina. Despite its size, politics in Taylorsville are still a big part of the local culture and community. Elections for Mayor, City Council members, and other local offices take place every two years and are actively contested. The local political parties work hard to ensure their candidates have the best chance of success at the polls on election day. Each election cycle brings new faces to office as well as some incumbents who are re-elected for another term. For those looking to get involved in local politics, there are plenty of opportunities to volunteer or contribute time and resources in support of their favorite candidate or party. No matter which party you choose to support, politics will always be an important part of life in Taylorsville.
The political climate in Taylorsville, NC is strongly conservative.
Alexander County, NC is very conservative. In Alexander County, NC 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alexander county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.5%.
Alexander county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taylorsville, NC is strongly conservative.
Alexander County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 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.
Taylorsville, 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 Taylorsville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 496 contributions totaling $87,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 362 contributions totaling $146,036 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $403 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)