Norwood, NC is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. Although it is relatively small, there is still an active political scene in this community. Each year, local residents come together to participate in elections for various positions such as mayor, city council members, and school board representatives. Local candidates often campaign on issues that are important to the community such as economic development, education, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. Voters have the opportunity to voice their opinions at the polls and help shape what Norwood will become in the future.
The political climate in Norwood, NC is strongly conservative.
Stanly County, NC is very conservative. In Stanly County, NC 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanly county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 24.0%.
Stanly county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norwood, NC is strongly conservative.
Stanly County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Albemarle Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Norwood, 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 Norwood, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 203 contributions totaling $24,447 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $50,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)