Marshall, North Carolina is a small rural town located in Madison County on the French Broad River. It is known for its picturesque views due to its location on the wide river and nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In recent years, Marshall has seen an influx of new residents from larger cities who have been drawn to the peaceful mountain setting.
The politics of Marshall are largely dominated by local issues such as taxation, water rights, and public safety. The town council is made up of five members elected by popular vote and they work together to ensure that the citizens’ needs are met. State and national elections are also important in Marshall as they affect funding for services like education, healthcare, and infrastructure. The residents of Marshall turn out to vote in large numbers during every election cycle and take their civic duties seriously.
The political climate in Marshall, NC is moderately conservative.
Madison County, NC is moderately conservative. In Madison County, NC 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.5%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marshall, NC is moderately conservative.
Madison 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.
Marshall, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Marshall, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,686 contributions totaling $81,270 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $13,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)