ASHEVILLE ON THE LEFT

Everyone talks about the left-leaning Ashevillian. One only need look at the make-up of Asheville City Council to see the wishes of the voters is more liberal than conservative with the Mayor remaining somewhere in the middle. 

Asheville and even some of its visitors appear to be left-leaning as well. Here's what one frequent traveler to WNC emailed to DowntownAsheville.com:

Sign Your Name to "A Liberal's Pledge..."
It's designed to help your disheartened conservative friends, said this individual after the most recent election. More>

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ASHEVILLE IN THE MIDDLE

At the local level, there remains a debate about the overall political leaning of several of the Asheville City Council members.

Even U.S. Representative U.S. Representative Heath Shuler, who whipped long-time lightning rod of conservatism and controversy, Charles Taylor, tends to try to stay somewhat in the middle as evidenced by his active participation as a Blue Dog Democrat. Of course, many would take issue with that assessment. For more information about Heath Shuler, Click Here>

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ASHEVILLE ON THE RIGHT

While the majority of Asheville citizens may be left-leaning or in the middle, as evidenced by the tremendous turnouts during the primaries and for whom they voted, there is a solid core of conservativism in Ashevillian.

The most vocal of all conservative politicians in local politics is unquestionably Carl Mumpower, Asheville City Council member who is running for higher office. Mumpower is running a high-profile campaign as the Republican candidate for the 11th U.S. Congressional District against incumbent Democrat Heath Shuler of Haywood County.

For more information about Carl Mumpower and his campaign to win the 11th District this November, Click Here>