Valdese, North Carolina is a small town located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, and while it may be small in size, it is an important part of our local political landscape. The town holds several elections every year to decide the mayor and town council members that will make important decisions for the citizens of Valdese. These decisions range from establishing new ordinances to deciding on funding for infrastructure improvements or educational initiatives. The local candidates running for office are elected by the people of Valdese, so each vote counts in ensuring that their interests are represented and taken into consideration. With its unique position in western North Carolina, Valdese plays an important role in shaping our state's politics and providing citizens with strong leadership that reflects their values.
The political climate in Valdese, NC is strongly conservative.
Burke County, NC is very conservative. In Burke County, NC 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 29.4%.
Burke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valdese, NC is strongly conservative.
Burke 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.
Valdese, 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 Valdese, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,652 contributions totaling $132,067 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 338 contributions totaling $62,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)