The city of Bessemer City, located in North Carolina's Gaston County, is a small town with a population of approximately 5,000 people. The local politics in 28016 Bessemer City are largely focused on the interests of its citizens. The town has a seven-member board of commissioners that oversees the daily operations and activities taking place within the area. This board meets regularly to discuss and determine the best possible direction for the city and its citizens. In addition, the town also has an active mayor who is responsible for setting policy and ensuring that all laws are enforced correctly. The mayor is elected every two years by the people of Bessemer City in order to serve their best interests. Overall, the political atmosphere in 28016 Bessemer City is one that strives to promote and ensure both civic engagement and growth throughout the community.
The political climate in Zip 28016 (Bessemer City, 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 28016 (Bessemer City, NC) is moderately conservative.
Bessemer City, 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.
Bessemer City, 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 28016 (Bessemer City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $2,394 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $33,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $870 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)