Moravian Falls, NC is a small rural town in Wilkes County. It has a great sense of community spirit and the citizens take pride in their local politics. Local elections are contested fiercely and candidates compete for local offices each year. The political landscape in Moravian Falls is dominated by Republican candidates, as the county has been a reliably red voting area for some time now. Issues such as water quality, road maintenance, and economic development often feature prominently in elections here. In addition to the traditional issues, there has also been increased attention given to pressing social issues like education reform, health care accessibility, and criminal justice reform in recent years. All these issues greatly influence how people vote in local elections as they directly affect the lives of citizens living in Moravian Falls.
The political climate in Zip 28654 (Moravian Falls, NC) is very conservative.
Wilkes County, NC is very conservative. In Wilkes County, NC 21.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilkes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 21.2%.
Wilkes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28654 (Moravian Falls, NC) is very conservative.
Moravian Falls, North Carolina is very conservative.
Wilkes County, North Carolina is very conservative.
North Wilkesboro Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Moravian Falls, 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 28654 (Moravian Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $4,816 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $5,655 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)