The small town of East Spencer, NC is predominantly a rural community, with a population of approximately 2,000 people. The citizens of East Spencer are actively involved in the political process and various local political candidates have been elected to serve as representatives for the area. These representatives are dedicated to upholding the values held by their constituents and strive to make East Spencer into a better place by advocating for issues such as infrastructure improvements, community investment, and public safety. Local politicians have also worked to ensure that the opinions and voices of East Spencer's residents are heard and respected at both local and state levels of government. It is through these efforts that East Spencer remains an important part of North Carolina's political landscape.
The political climate in East Spencer, NC is leaning conservative.
Rowan County, NC is very conservative. In Rowan County, NC 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rowan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.2% to 31.5%.
Rowan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Spencer, NC is leaning conservative.
Rowan County, North Carolina 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.
East Spencer, 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 East Spencer, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,158 contributions totaling $139,514 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 364 contributions totaling $242,344 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $666 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)