Horse Shoe is a small town located in Henderson County, North Carolina. It is an unincorporated community with a population of less than 500 people. The local government of Horse Shoe is overseen by the Henderson County Board of Commissioners. These commissioners are elected by the citizens of Horse Shoe and all other areas in Henderson County. The current commissioners for Henderson County are Grady Hawkins, Michael Edney, Charlie Messer, Rebecca McCall and Bill Lapsley. To stay up to date on political events in 28742 Horse Shoe, NC it is important to stay informed about news from these five commissioners as well as news from the county board meetings they attend. Additionally, it is important to follow any local elections that may take place within the area so that citizens can make their voices heard and cast their votes accordingly.
The political climate in Zip 28742 (Horse Shoe, NC) is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Henderson County, NC 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henderson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.8%.
Henderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28742 (Horse Shoe, NC) is moderately conservative.
Horse Shoe, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Henderson County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
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.
Horse Shoe, 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 28742 (Horse Shoe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $19,252 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $481 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,044 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)