The politics in 28659 North Wilkesboro, NC are dominated by the Republican Party. Since 2003, Republicans have kept a majority of seats in the city council, which is responsible for managing local government issues and services. Although not part of North Wilkesboro City Council, Wilkes County Board of Commissioners has had a long history with Republicans as well, with all current members being from that party. While voter registration is balanced between parties, Republicans have been able to maintain their majority in both local and state elections for the past decade. This is despite the fact that more than half of the county’s population identifies as Democrats. Local political candidates run on platforms focusing on infrastructure development and public safety while also addressing longstanding issues such as literacy rates, lack of housing options, and economic inequality.
The political climate in Zip 28659 (North Wilkesboro, NC) is strongly 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 28659 (North Wilkesboro, NC) is strongly conservative.
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina is strongly 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.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 28659 (North Wilkesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 195 contributions totaling $77,663 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $398 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 341 contributions totaling $54,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)