Alexander, NC is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people located in the foothills of Western North Carolina. Despite its small size, the town is home to an active local politics that plays a large role in shaping the community. Recently, local elections have seen candidates from both major parties vying for office in order to push their respective agendas and shape the future of the Alexander community. Issues such as economic development, transportation infrastructure, and education initiatives are all discussed passionately at debates and public forums throughout Alexander. The citizens of Alexander take great pride in being active participants in their local political process, and it's clear that they take their right to vote very seriously.
The political climate in Zip 28701 (Alexander, NC) is leaning liberal.
Buncombe County, NC is moderately liberal. In Buncombe County, NC 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buncombe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 38.6%.
Buncombe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28701 (Alexander, NC) is leaning liberal.
Alexander, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Buncombe County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Asheville Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Alexander, North Carolina: r r D D D D
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 28701 (Alexander)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 179 contributions totaling $10,091 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $4,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)