The politics in 28660 Olin, NC are currently dominated by the Republican Party. This rural community is located in the central western part of North Carolina and is represented by Congressman Madison Cawthorn at the federal level. At the state level, Senator Ralph Hise and Representative Josh Dobson represent Olin and its surrounding communities in the North Carolina General Assembly. On a local level, Olin is served by their mayor, Jean King, who represents them on issues that concern their local community. The town also has a five-member Board of Commissioners which serves as the governing body for Olin and its surrounding areas. All members of this board are elected from within the town’s borders. As such, Olin is an example of small-town America where citizens have access to representation and their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 28660 (Olin, NC) is strongly conservative.
Iredell County, NC is very conservative. In Iredell County, NC 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iredell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.1%.
Iredell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28660 (Olin, NC) is strongly conservative.
Olin, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Iredell County, North Carolina is very 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.
Olin, 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 28660 (Olin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $3,799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $950 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,851 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)