Belmont, NC is a small town located in the southwestern part of Mecklenburg County. The town’s population is estimated to be around 10,000 people and has been steadily growing since its founding in 1868. Belmont is governed by an elected seven-member board of commissioners who are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that govern the day-to-day operations of the government. The town also has a mayor that serves as the chief executive officer. There are currently two political candidates in 28012 Belmont: David A. Moore, Jr., who is running for reelection, and Colby Lail, who is seeking his first term as mayor of Belmont. Both candidates have strong backgrounds in local politics and have expressed their commitment to creating jobs, improving infrastructure, and investing in the community. Voters will have a chance to decide between these two candidates on election day November 3rd 2020.
The political climate in Zip 28012 (Belmont, NC) is moderately conservative.
Gaston County, NC is strongly conservative. In Gaston County, NC 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gaston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.5%.
Gaston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28012 (Belmont, NC) is moderately conservative.
Belmont, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Gaston 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.
Belmont, 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 28012 (Belmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 417 contributions totaling $72,069 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $63,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)