Charlotte, NC is a vibrant and dynamic city with a diverse population and has been known for its politics. The city is home to many political organizations that strive to advocate for their constituents on local and national level. These organizations include the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Democratic Party, the Mecklenburg County Republican Party, the Mecklenburg County Reform Party, and the North Carolina Libertarian Party. Each of these organizations works to represent different constituencies of people in the city by pushing for issues they care about at all levels of government. Through civic engagement initiatives, advocacy campaigns, and grassroots organizing efforts, these organizations are able to work together to move forward important policies in Charlotte. They also provide a platform for citizens to voice their opinion on certain topics and engage in meaningful dialogue with one another. By being active politically, Charlotte residents can ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions on matters that affect them directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Charlotte, NC is moderately liberal.
Mecklenburg County, NC is very liberal. In Mecklenburg County, NC 66.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecklenburg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.7% to 31.6%.
Mecklenburg county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Charlotte, NC is moderately liberal.
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is very liberal.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia 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.
Charlotte, North Carolina: r d D D D D
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 Charlotte, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36,475 contributions totaling $7,897,480 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11,347 contributions totaling $9,038,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $797 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)