Asheville, NC, located in zip code 28804, is an area with a strong sense of local politics. The City Council is the governing group in charge of policymaking and helping to move the city forward in areas such as public safety, economic development, transportation, and infrastructure. City Council members are elected by the residents of Asheville and serve four-year terms. They work together to create initiatives that will benefit the citizens of the city. Additionally, there are various organizations that focus on promoting political engagement through education and facilitating discussions among local politicians and community members alike. All of these efforts help to create a vibrant political culture where citizens are informed and involved in making important decisions for their city.
The political climate in Zip 28804 (Asheville, NC) is somewhat 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 28804 (Asheville, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Asheville, North Carolina is somewhat 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.
Asheville, 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 28804 (Asheville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,335 contributions totaling $836,327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 455 contributions totaling $133,184 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)