The town of 28173 Waxhaw, NC is a vibrant and historically rich community in the region. While it does not have its own local government, it is governed by Union County and the state of North Carolina. As part of Union County, Waxhaw is represented at the county level by a board of commissioners and other elected officials who are committed to ensuring that the needs of their constituents are met. On the state level, Waxhaw is represented by members of both houses in the North Carolina General Assembly. These representatives make sure that the policies being implemented reflect the values and beliefs of their constituents. As such, they ensure that Waxhaw has access to important services like healthcare, education, public transportation, and much more.
The political climate in Zip 28173 (Waxhaw, NC) is strongly conservative.
Union County, NC is strongly conservative. In Union County, NC 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.2%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28173 (Waxhaw, NC) is strongly conservative.
Waxhaw, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Union County, North Carolina is strongly 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.
Waxhaw, 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 28173 (Waxhaw)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,025 contributions totaling $283,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,032 contributions totaling $675,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $654 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)