Indian Trail, NC is a small town located in Union County. It has a population of around 32,700 people and is known for its close-knit community. Politics in Indian Trail are often embedded within the local culture, as many of the residents take an active role in their government. The town's mayor and six-member Town Council are elected by popular vote and make decisions regarding taxes, infrastructure, public safety initiatives, zoning regulations, and more. There are also several local political action groups that work to raise awareness on issues that affect the community directly. These groups help to keep the conversation going year round by hosting debates and forums with local candidates. With so much enthusiasm from both voters and candidates alike, it’s clear that politics in Indian Trail play an important role in keeping the town engaged and connected.
The political climate in Indian Trail, NC is moderately conservative.
Union County, NC is strongly conservative. In Union County, NC 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.2%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Indian Trail, NC is moderately conservative.
Union County, North Carolina is strongly 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.
Indian Trail, 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 Indian Trail, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,084 contributions totaling $448,360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,712 contributions totaling $755,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)