Iredell County, located in North Carolina, is a large county that has over 170,000 registered voters. The majority of the population is conservative and values family and tradition. The political landscape in Iredell County is mainly Republican and is represented by Congressman Ted Budd in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator Richard Burr in the U.S. Senate. There are numerous local elections held each year for positions such as Sheriff, District Attorney, Commissioners, and School Board Members among others. These elections are typically very competitive as candidates from both major parties vie for the votes of Iredell County residents who are passionate about their community and the issues that affect it.
The political climate in Iredell County, NC is very conservative.
In Iredell County, NC 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iredell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.1%.
Iredell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Iredell County, NC is very 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.
Iredell, 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 Iredell County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,272 contributions totaling $226,113 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,616 contributions totaling $799,599 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $495 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)