Clay County is located in the western part of North Carolina and is an area known for its agricultural production. The county government is led by an elected Board of Commissioners, who are responsible for setting policy and enacting laws to ensure that Clay County remains a safe and prosperous place to live. In addition, the county also has a Sheriff's Office, District Attorney, and numerous other public offices. Clay County residents have the opportunity to participate in local politics through voting or working at their local precinct level. Community involvement is encouraged, as it allows citizens to become more educated about how their local government works and how they can help shape the future of their communities. With strong leadership from the local government and community engagement from its citizens, Clay County looks forward to a bright future.
The political climate in Clay County, NC is very conservative.
In Clay County, NC 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 24.6%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clay County, NC is very conservative.
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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.
Clay, 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 Clay County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 659 contributions totaling $67,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $34,379 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)