St. Stephens, NC is a vibrant community located in the heart of North Carolina. Although small in size, St. Stephens has an active political scene. Local political issues are discussed and debated in city council meetings, public forums, and grassroots organizations throughout the city. Local politicians work hard to represent the interests of their constituents and are committed to promoting positive change in St. Stephens for all its citizens. With local elections happening every two years, there is always something new and exciting happening with politics in St. Stephens, NC.
The political climate in St. Stephens, NC is moderately conservative.
Catawba County, NC is very conservative. In Catawba County, NC 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Catawba county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.8%.
Catawba county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Stephens, NC is moderately conservative.
Catawba County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 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.
St. Stephens, 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 St. Stephens, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,612 contributions totaling $535,348 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,982 contributions totaling $847,328 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $428 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)