Gaston County, North Carolina is a vibrant community with a rich political history. It is home to many different types of people, including Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, and Independents. The county has seen its share of contentious local elections in recent years and the public has been engaged in the political process both on a larger scale as well as at the local level. Residents have been actively involved in advocating for various issues such as education funding and economic development. There are many organizations within Gaston County that strive to keep citizens informed about current events and provide educational resources to help them make more informed decisions when it comes to voting in elections. Residents can find out information about who their elected representatives are and how they can get involved with the political process through these organizations.
The political climate in Gaston County, NC is strongly conservative.
In Gaston County, NC 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gaston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.5%.
Gaston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gaston County, NC is strongly conservative.
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.
Gaston, 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 Gaston County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,252 contributions totaling $215,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,464 contributions totaling $579,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)