Charlotte, NC 28227 is located in Mecklenburg County and is represented politically at the county level by five Commissioners. These elected officials set various policies regarding local issues such as public safety, transportation, senior services, taxes, and more. The city of Charlotte also has a mayor and nine members on the City Council who are responsible for setting laws related to housing, economic development, parks and recreation, public works and utilities. There are several political candidates running for office in Charlotte at both the state and national level. Residents of 28227 can get involved in local politics by attending county commission or City Council meetings, researching candidates’ platforms, voting in elections and contributing time or money to political campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 28227 (Charlotte, NC) is strongly liberal.
Mecklenburg County, NC is very liberal. In Mecklenburg County, NC 66.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecklenburg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.7% to 31.6%.
Mecklenburg county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28227 (Charlotte, NC) is strongly liberal.
Charlotte, North Carolina is strongly liberal.
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is very liberal.
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.
Charlotte, North Carolina: r d D D D D
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 28227 (Charlotte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 736 contributions totaling $64,547 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 386 contributions totaling $90,441 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)