Located in Gaston County, Cramerton, North Carolina is a small town of approximately 4,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor and board of commissioners who work together to make decisions on local policies. The mayor is elected to serve a two-year term, and the four commissioners are elected for four-year terms. Each year there is an election in Cramerton where citizens can vote for their preferred candidates. The town also has several advisory committees that work with the mayor and board of commissioners to help inform decision making. Cramerton prides itself on having strong civic engagement with residents actively involved in their community’s politics. Residents come out in droves to vote each year and voice their opinions on important issues that affect Cramerton’s future.
The political climate in Cramerton, 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
Cramerton, 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.
Cramerton, 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 Cramerton, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 938 contributions totaling $101,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 520 contributions totaling $341,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $657 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)