Caldwell County, North Carolina is located in the western part of the state and is home to just over 84,000 people. The county is overseen by a Board of Commissioners, who are elected by the citizens of Caldwell County. The Board of Commissioners consists of five members and sets policy for all areas of local government. Additionally, there are several other elected officials in the county such as Common Pleas Court Judges, County Sheriff, Clerk of Court, and Register of Deeds. Each officeholder has their own duties and responsibilities within the county government structure. Recently, there have been several political races in Caldwell County that have been hotly contested. The citizens take an active role in deciding who will lead their county and participate in determining how their tax dollars should be spent. It's clear that politics plays an important role in the lives here in Caldwell County.
The political climate in Caldwell County, NC is very conservative.
In Caldwell County, NC 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caldwell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 23.9%.
Caldwell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Caldwell County, NC is very conservative.
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton 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.
Caldwell, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Caldwell County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,544 contributions totaling $71,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 354 contributions totaling $66,552 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)