Lowell, NC is a small rural town located in Cleveland County. With roughly 2,000 residents, Lowell is a tight knit community with strong local politics. The town has its own mayor and a governing board of commissioners who implement policies that benefit the citizens of Lowell. In addition to their role in local governance, the town’s political representatives are also active in advocating for the needs of Lowell’s citizens on state and national levels. At both levels politics have an importance for the people living in Lowell - whether it’s for higher employment opportunities or better education resources – they know their voice matters and can make a difference when it comes to improving their quality of life.
The political climate in Lowell, NC is moderately 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
Lowell, NC is moderately 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.
Lowell, 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 Lowell, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,302 contributions totaling $87,009 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 937 contributions totaling $616,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $657 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)