The politics in 28054 Gastonia, NC are part of a larger political landscape. The majority of the population is registered as Democrat. The political scene is dominated by local government and state representatives who work together to ensure the interests of their constituents are represented. Local candidates for office are typically selected during primary elections in order to make it onto the ballot in November. These candidates campaign about issues important to their district and the greater region with hopes of gaining support from voters. It is through this process that Gastonia, NC has been able to have representation on both a state and local level that reflects its values and goals for growth and development.
The political climate in Zip 28054 (Gastonia, NC) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 28054 (Gastonia, NC) is moderately conservative.
Gastonia, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Gaston County, North Carolina 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.
Gastonia, 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 zip 28054 (Gastonia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 423 contributions totaling $31,413 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 286 contributions totaling $69,321 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)