The politics of 28635 Hays, NC is largely determined by the local government. Every two years, residents elect a mayor and four town commissioners who make decisions about how to best serve their community. The town also holds regular public meetings that give citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions on various issues. Additionally, there are several political organizations in the area that focus on specific issues like education and environmental protection. People in 28635 Hays, NC have an active role in shaping their community's future through voting for local candidates and getting involved with different political organizations.
The political climate in Zip 28635 (Hays, NC) is very conservative.
Wilkes County, NC is very conservative. In Wilkes County, NC 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, Wilkes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 21.2%.
Wilkes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28635 (Hays, NC) is very conservative.
Hays, North Carolina is very conservative.
Wilkes County, North Carolina is very conservative.
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.
Hays, 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 zip 28635 (Hays)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)