The town of 28079 Indian Trail, NC is served by the Union County Board of Commissioners, who are responsible for the management and oversight of many services within the town. The current commissioners are Stony Rushing (Chairman), Marvin Norman (Vice Chairman), Ronnie Beale, Tracy Kuehler, Richard Helms and Todd Johnson. In addition to these elected officials, local residents in Indian Trail also elect representatives to their state assembly and senate as well as a representative to the U.S. Congress. As a growing town with plenty of opportunities to get involved in policy decisions through local government meetings, Indian Trail offers an engaging atmosphere for those interested in politics.
The political climate in Zip 28079 (Indian Trail, NC) is moderately 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 28079 (Indian Trail, NC) is moderately conservative.
Indian Trail, North Carolina is moderately 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.
Indian Trail, 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 28079 (Indian Trail)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 223 contributions totaling $19,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $45,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)