Kannapolis, NC is a small city in Cabarrus County that has been growing rapidly in recent years. The City Council is the governing body of the city and consists of seven members who are elected by the citizens of Kannapolis. The mayor is also elected by the citizens. They work together to create policies that will be voted on by the council and ultimately decide how the city will be run. In addition to this, local political candidates from across Cabarrus County often vie for seats on the City Council. This provides a great opportunity for citizens to get involved in their local politics and have their voices heard on important matters such as taxes, economic development, infrastructure projects, and other issues that affect day-to-day life in Kannapolis.
The political climate in Kannapolis, NC is leaning conservative.
Cabarrus County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Cabarrus County, NC 44.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cabarrus county remained moderately Republican, 53.9% to 44.5%.
Cabarrus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kannapolis, NC is leaning conservative.
Cabarrus County, North Carolina is somewhat 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.
Kannapolis, 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 Kannapolis, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,656 contributions totaling $617,942 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,544 contributions totaling $1,071,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)