Catawba County is located in the state of North Carolina and is known for its diverse political landscape. This allows citizens to choose from a range of local political candidates when electing leaders that will represent their interests. The county has a history of competitive elections between both Republican and Democratic parties, which means that every vote counts and the outcomes are often very close. Additionally, Catawba County is home to many different organizations, lobbyists, and interest groups that all work together to create a vibrant political atmosphere. Through their efforts, these entities are able to ensure that the voices of the people are heard and represented in local government decisions. By engaging with their representatives on issues that matter to them, residents have an important say in how their community evolves.
The political climate in Catawba County, NC is very conservative.
In Catawba County, NC 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Catawba county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.8%.
Catawba county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Catawba 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.
Catawba, 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 Catawba County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,160 contributions totaling $357,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,601 contributions totaling $602,999 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)