The town of Barnardsville, North Carolina, located in the Buncombe County of the state, is home to a vibrant and active political community. While there are no local political candidates currently running for office in this area, there are many people from the town that are passionate about their beliefs and opinions on how they would like to see their community run and grow. There are many organizations and groups both in Barnardville and throughout the county that discuss important issues such as education reform, economic development, job creation, sustainability initiatives, and public safety. Residents often take part in debates at local meetings or rallies to voice their individual opinion on all political matters. Additionally, with a population of nearly 800 people according to the last census taken in 2017, Barnardsville is an incredibly tight-knit community who always looks out for one another.
The political climate in Zip 28709 (Barnardsville, 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 28709 (Barnardsville, NC) is leaning liberal.
Barnardsville, 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.
Barnardsville, 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 28709 (Barnardsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $4,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $10,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $589 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)