Politics in 28722 Columbus, NC are primarily focused on local issues like city and county government, education, public safety, infrastructure and economic development. The city is served by the Columbus Town Council, which consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms. The town council is responsible for setting policies and making decisions about local issues. Local elections take place every two years and voters of 28722 Columbus can choose from a variety of candidates representing different political parties and platforms. Additionally, residents of 28722 Columbus can participate in elections for North Carolina state representatives and senators as well as federal representatives to Congress. This provides citizens with an opportunity to have their voices heard on larger issues facing the nation.
The political climate in Zip 28722 (Columbus, NC) is moderately conservative.
Polk County, NC is strongly conservative. In Polk County, NC 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.6%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28722 (Columbus, NC) is moderately conservative.
Columbus, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Polk County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
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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.
Columbus, 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 28722 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 533 contributions totaling $54,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $17,587 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)