The North Wilkesboro, NC Metro Area is a vibrant community of diverse cultures and backgrounds. While it does not have its own local governing body, it is still subject to the political decisions of those at the state and local level. The area is represented in both the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina Senate. Candidates from both major political parties run for these offices during each election season, giving citizens the chance to vote on policies that will affect their lives. Local representatives are also responsible for working with neighboring cities and counties to ensure that initiatives like public transportation, health care access, education funding, and economic development remain on track. Residents have an opportunity to be involved in these issues through voting and engaging with their representatives in order to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in North Wilkesboro Metro Area is very conservative.
In North Wilkesboro Metro Area 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, the North Wilkesboro metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 21.2%.
The North Wilkesboro metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
North Wilkesboro, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in North Wilkesboro Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 485 contributions totaling $100,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 642 contributions totaling $90,782 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)