Bessemer City, North Carolina is governed by a Mayor and Board of Alderman. The Mayor is elected to a two-year term and the Board of Alderman consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Bessemer City has a non-partisan election system with no political party affiliations allowed. The local government focuses on the city's infrastructure, economy, public safety, quality of life and services for its citizens. In recent years, the city has seen an increase in investment which has allowed for some improvements such as new sidewalks, street resurfacing, parks renovations and increased economic activity. This influx of investment has helped to bring more jobs and businesses to Bessemer City. All in all, Bessemer City is a great place to live with safe streets and plenty of opportunities for businesses and families.
The political climate in Bessemer City, 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
Bessemer City, NC 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.
Bessemer City, 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 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 Bessemer City, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 182 contributions totaling $4,788 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $67,828 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $870 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)