New London, NC is a small town located in Stanly County with a population of about 500 people. It is governed by the Town Council, which consists of five elected members and one mayor. The Town Council meets every second Monday of each month to discuss matters related to the town's operations. Every two years, the citizens of New London elect the Town Council members and mayor to serve staggered two-year terms. Issues discussed at the council meetings range from town ordinances to mayoral appointments. The Town Council works hard to ensure that all citizens are represented and their voices are heard in order for New London to continue to thrive as a community.
The political climate in New London, NC is strongly conservative.
Stanly County, NC is very conservative. In Stanly County, NC 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanly county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 24.0%.
Stanly county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New London, NC is strongly conservative.
Stanly County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Albemarle Metro Area is very 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.
New London, 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 New London, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $32,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $794 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $18,451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)