Lincoln County, NC is located in the western part of North Carolina and has a population of over 79,000. The county is governed by an elected board of commissioners which consists of five members that serve four-year terms. Each member represents one of five districts. The current chairman is Carrol Mitchem who was elected to this post in 2018. This board makes decisions for the county including those regarding economic development, education, and health services. In addition, Lincoln County also holds local elections for county offices such as Sheriff, Clerk of Court, District Attorney, and Register of Deeds. Many candidates from different political parties compete for these positions every election cycle. By participating in politics at the local level, citizens are able to help shape their community and bring attention to issues that are important to them.
The political climate in Lincoln County, NC is very conservative.
In Lincoln County, NC 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 26.4%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln County, NC is very 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.
Lincoln, 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 Lincoln County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 762 contributions totaling $117,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 608 contributions totaling $225,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)