The small town of Bakersville, NC 28705 is filled with locals who are passionate about their politics and their part in the community. The town is proud to have several local political candidates that are running for office this year. These candidates are dedicated to bringing powerful change to the town, from improving infrastructure and public safety to creating new economic opportunities for all residents. The people of Bakersville take the upcoming election seriously and will continue to work together with the local candidates, regardless of party affiliation, to ensure that their voice is heard in local government.
The political climate in Zip 28705 (Bakersville, NC) is very conservative.
Mitchell County, NC is very conservative. In Mitchell County, NC 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 20.7%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28705 (Bakersville, NC) is very conservative.
Bakersville, North Carolina is very conservative.
Mitchell County, North Carolina is very conservative.
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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.
Bakersville, 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 28705 (Bakersville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 255 contributions totaling $26,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $7,272 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)