Concord, NC is a vibrant city located in Cabarrus County in the North Carolina Piedmont region. It is home to the Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as numerous parks and recreation areas. The city is also home to many businesses, universities, and cultural institutions. In terms of politics, Concord is a heavily Democratic-leaning city with strong local representation from both parties. Democrats hold the majority of seats on the City Council and in the House of Representatives for Cabarrus County. On the federal level, Concord is represented by Democrats Alma S. Adams and Richard Hudson in the US House of Representatives. Local issues are often decided at the state level through legislative initiatives or referendums that must pass through both houses before becoming law. While there are no local political candidates at this time, residents may share their views by participating in public forums or other forms of civic engagement.
The political climate in Concord, NC is leaning conservative.
Cabarrus County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Cabarrus County, NC 44.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cabarrus county remained moderately Republican, 53.9% to 44.5%.
Cabarrus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Concord, NC is leaning conservative.
Cabarrus County, North Carolina is somewhat 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.
Concord, 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 Concord, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,793 contributions totaling $1,106,176 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,364 contributions totaling $2,218,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)