The small town of 28658 Newton, NC is situated in the small rural town of Catawba County. It is a quiet and peaceful place to live with many friendly neighbors and beautiful rolling hills. The local politics in the area are focused primarily on preserving the character of the area and ensuring that its residents have access to all of the necessary community services they need. Local representatives are committed to supporting schools, maintaining public safety, advocating for environmental protection, and investing in infrastructure to help create job opportunities. They strive to ensure residents feel safe, welcome, and respected while addressing their concerns as best they can. Additionally, politicians work hard to bring new businesses and investment into the area so that the community can thrive for generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 28658 (Newton, NC) is strongly conservative.
Catawba County, NC is very conservative. In Catawba County, NC 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Catawba county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.8%.
Catawba county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28658 (Newton, NC) is strongly conservative.
Newton, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Catawba 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.
Newton, 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 28658 (Newton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 273 contributions totaling $37,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 174 contributions totaling $36,031 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)