Cabarrus County, North Carolina is a vibrant and diverse community located in the Greater Charlotte metropolitan area. It is home to a wide variety of businesses, attractions, and activities. Politically, Cabarrus County is part of North Carolina's 10th congressional district which has been represented by Republican Patrick McHenry since 2005. The county is also split between two state Senate districts and three House districts, each represented by either a Democrat or Republican. At the local level, the county commission consists of five members elected from single-member districts; three Republicans and two Democrats serve on the commission. The county also has its own school board which sets policy for the public schools within its borders and works closely with local leaders to ensure quality education for all students in Cabarrus County.
The political climate in Cabarrus County, NC is somewhat conservative.
In Cabarrus County, NC 44.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cabarrus county remained moderately Republican, 53.9% to 44.5%.
Cabarrus county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cabarrus County, NC is somewhat 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.
Cabarrus, 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 Cabarrus County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,645 contributions totaling $225,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,433 contributions totaling $440,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)