Newland, NC is a small town in the eastern part of North Carolina. It is home to a diverse population of people who are passionate about their local politics. In Newland, citizens have the opportunity to participate in local government by attending town meetings and voting in local elections for important issues like school board members and city council representatives. There are also several local organizations that focus on specific political issues such as environmental protection or funding for public education. The people of Newland take their civic duties seriously and passionately strive to make their community better through thoughtful participation in their local political process.
The political climate in Newland, NC is strongly conservative.
Avery County, NC is very conservative. In Avery County, NC 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Avery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 23.2%.
Avery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newland, NC is strongly conservative.
Avery County, North Carolina 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.
Newland, 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 Newland, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $3,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $14,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)