Mount Gilead, NC is a charming small town located in Montgomery County. Politics in Mount Gilead are heavily shaped by the residents' values of community involvement and collaboration. The town is represented by the local government which consists of a mayor, city councilors, and other appointed officials who work together to ensure that the citizens of Mount Gilead have access to services and resources that help maintain a high quality of life. In addition to the local government, there are several state and national representatives whose main goal is to represent their constituents with integrity. Every year, local elections are held for various positions within the government so that citizens have an opportunity to make their voices heard and elect leaders who reflect their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Mount Gilead, NC is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, NC is strongly conservative. In Montgomery County, NC 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.7%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Gilead, NC is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
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.
Mount Gilead, 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 Mount Gilead, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 182 contributions totaling $116,672 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $641 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $58,642 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $575 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)