Belmont, North Carolina is a small city located in Gaston County. It is known for its historic downtown and rural charm, and it has a vibrant local political landscape as well. The Belmont City Council consists of six elected members who make decisions on various issues such as zoning ordinances, infrastructure improvements, licensing regulations, and more. Each council seat is contested by multiple candidates during the election cycle every two years. Belmont residents take part in local elections to ensure only qualified candidates are chosen to represent them and their interests at the local government level. Furthermore, Belmont residents have access to state legislators from both parties that represent their district within the North Carolina General Assembly. All of these elected officials work together to ensure Belmont's citizens are provided with the best possible services and resources available in Gaston County.
The political climate in Belmont, NC is somewhat conservative.
Gaston County, NC is strongly conservative. In Gaston County, NC 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gaston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.5%.
Gaston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belmont, NC is somewhat conservative.
Gaston 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.
Belmont, 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 Belmont, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 838 contributions totaling $95,383 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 475 contributions totaling $321,682 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $677 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)