China Grove, NC is a small rural town located in Rowan County. The local politics of China Grove are centered around providing services and resources to the citizens of the town. In 2020 there were three candidates running for mayor; Frank Jackson, Bill White, and Bruce Harris. Each candidate campaigned on their dedication and commitment to improving the quality of life in China Grove by investing in public infrastructure, supporting small businesses, and providing better access to public services. The election was won by Frank Jackson who has pledged to continue his efforts in making China Grove a better place for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 28023 (China Grove, NC) is strongly 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 28023 (China Grove, NC) is strongly conservative.
China Grove, North Carolina is strongly 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.
China Grove, 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 28023 (China Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $7,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $4,057 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)