Troutman, NC is a small town in Iredell County located just outside the Charlotte Metropolitan area. It has a deep-rooted history of agriculture and allows its citizens to enjoy the rural lifestyle with close proximity to the larger city. Despite its size, Troutman is home to a vibrant political scene. Residents are active in local politics and participate in county-level elections to ensure that their voices are heard on issues important to them. The town also boasts several elected officials who work hard for the benefit of the community, such as Commissioner Ken Lucas and Mayor Pro Tem Richard Turner. Although the debates can get heated at times, Troutman's citizens value their civic duty and take part in all aspects of local governance from voting on school board members to weighing in on ordinances proposed by the Town Council.
The political climate in Troutman, NC is strongly conservative.
Iredell County, NC is very conservative. In Iredell County, NC 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iredell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.1%.
Iredell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Troutman, NC is strongly conservative.
Iredell 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.
Troutman, 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 Troutman, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 779 contributions totaling $131,742 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 571 contributions totaling $248,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $435 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)