Alexander County, located in North Carolina, is a vibrant community with a strong focus on local politics. The county's Board of Commissioners, which is comprised of 5 members elected by the people, is responsible for overseeing many of the county's resources and services. In addition to the Board of Commissioners, Alexander County has elected representatives to serve in state and national government positions. The citizens of Alexander County take an active role in their local politics by attending town meetings and expressing their opinions on various matters. With various representatives from both major parties, residents are able to have their voices heard and ensure that their interests are taken into consideration when decisions are made. The county encourages everyone to get involved in the political process by voting during elections or becoming a volunteer with a local campaign.
The political climate in 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
Alexander County, NC 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.
Alexander, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Alexander County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 268 contributions totaling $45,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 278 contributions totaling $84,786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)