Spencer, NC is a town located in Rowan County with an estimated population of 9,000 people. With this small population, the local politics of Spencer are much more intimate than those of bigger cities or towns. The government of Spencer consists of an elected mayor and five council members. Currently, Mayor Fredrick Simpson and council members Linda Smith, John Jones, Mary Wilson, Susan Adams and David Johnson are the representatives for Spencer's citizens. Each state representative has a variety of different goals and ideas to improve their community that they strive towards with the help of the citizens whose opinions they value deeply. Through close communication between residents and their representatives, important decisions can be made to benefit all who live in Spencer.
The political climate in Zip 28159 (Spencer, NC) is moderately conservative.
Rowan County, NC is very conservative. In Rowan County, NC 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rowan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.2% to 31.5%.
Rowan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28159 (Spencer, NC) is moderately conservative.
Spencer, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Rowan 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.
Spencer, 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 28159 (Spencer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $836 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)