The town of Cornelius, NC is located in Mecklenburg County and has a population of around 35,000 people. It is governed by an elected Mayor and six Town Commissioners who are entrusted with the responsibility of governing the town. The current Mayor is Woody Washam and the Town Commissioners for 2020 are: Kurt Naas, Dave Gilroy, Jim Duke, Melinda Bales, Wil Newell and Thurman Ross. Local politics in Cornelius focuses on issues such as economic development and growth, infrastructure improvements, education reform and public safety initiatives. Residents have the opportunity to engage in their local government through community meetings held by the Mayor and Town Board or through various committees that address specific issues within their area. Through these opportunities, citizens are able to voice their opinion on important matters to their representatives directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Zip 28031 (Cornelius, NC) is moderately 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 28031 (Cornelius, NC) is moderately liberal.
Cornelius, North Carolina is moderately 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.
Cornelius, 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 28031 (Cornelius)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,164 contributions totaling $193,746 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 611 contributions totaling $335,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $550 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)