Taylorsville, NC 28681 is a small city in Alexander county that has a population of just over 4,000 people. Its political system is governed by the mayor and five town council members who are elected to serve four year terms. The local government serves as the voice of its residents and works on finding solutions to issues that arise within the community. Some popular topics include economic development, infrastructure improvements and public safety initiatives. There are also plenty of local candidates competing for office each election season with their own unique perspectives on how best to serve the needs of Taylorsville’s citizens. With each election comes a new set of ideas that can help shape the future and keep this town growing in a positive direction for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 28681 (Taylorsville, NC) is very conservative.
Alexander County, NC is very conservative. In Alexander County, NC 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alexander county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 20.5%.
Alexander county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28681 (Taylorsville, NC) is very conservative.
Taylorsville, North Carolina is very conservative.
Alexander County, North Carolina 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.
Taylorsville, 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 zip 28681 (Taylorsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 248 contributions totaling $43,595 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $73,018 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $403 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)