The town of Valdese, North Carolina is home to a population of around 4,200 people. It is a small and quaint town with deep roots in the American textile industry. Politics in 28690 Valdese are largely conservative and the people here generally vote Republican. The Burke County Republican Party holds regular meetings and events throughout the year so that citizens can stay informed on local politics. Local elections tend to be very competitive, as candidates from both major parties vie for office in order to represent the interests of their constituents. From the mayor's office to the school board, citizens of 28690 Valdese are actively engaged in their political process, ensuring that their voices are heard within their community.
The political climate in Zip 28690 (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
Zip 28690 (Valdese, NC) is strongly conservative.
Valdese, North Carolina 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 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 28690 (Valdese)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 187 contributions totaling $15,476 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)