Granite Quarry, North Carolina is a small town located in Rowan county with a close-knit community. It is governed by a mayor and four council members who are elected to four-year terms. The politics of Granite Quarry are largely focused on improving the quality of life in the town and ensuring that local businesses have the resources they need to succeed. The young people in Granite Quarry often feel strongly about their political beliefs and engage actively in civic participation. Residents also work together to preserve the history of their town, as well as its natural beauty. As such, the people of Granite Quarry take pride in their political engagement and strive to create an even better place for future generations to live.
The political climate in Granite Quarry, NC is strongly 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
Granite Quarry, NC is strongly 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.
Granite Quarry, 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 Granite Quarry, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,294 contributions totaling $42,798 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 703 contributions totaling $96,877 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)