The politics in 28209 Charlotte, NC are impacted by the diversity of its population. The city has a large African American population and a growing Hispanic population, which creates different perspectives on political issues. Various local organizations work to ensure that citizens have access to information about their representatives and other political affairs. Local elections also draw attention from the community as they bring together candidates from all backgrounds and ideologies to discuss their platforms. Issues such as economic development, crime reduction, education reform, and public safety often feature prominently in these elections and are heavily debated by the candidates. These topics are important for the residents of 28209 Charlotte, NC as they strive for a better quality of life for themselves and future generations.
The political climate in Zip 28209 (Charlotte, NC) is strongly liberal.
Mecklenburg County, NC is very liberal. In Mecklenburg County, NC 66.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecklenburg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.7% to 31.6%.
Mecklenburg county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28209 (Charlotte, NC) is strongly liberal.
Charlotte, North Carolina is strongly liberal.
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is very liberal.
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.
Charlotte, North Carolina: r d D D D D
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 zip 28209 (Charlotte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,682 contributions totaling $385,211 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 407 contributions totaling $175,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)