The small town of 28628 Glen Alpine, NC is situated in Burke County. It has a small population of less than 200 people. Despite its size, the community of Glen Alpine is politically active and engaged in local politics. There are several different political parties operating in the town ranging from conservative to liberal ideologies. Local candidates run for office and seek to represent their constituents on important issues that affect the town and its citizens such as taxes, infrastructure, education, and health care. Voter participation is high in the town and there are many opportunities for residents to engage with their elected officials or voice their opinions on issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Zip 28628 (Glen Alpine, NC) is strongly conservative.
Burke County, NC is very conservative. In Burke County, NC 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 29.4%.
Burke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28628 (Glen Alpine, NC) is strongly conservative.
Glen Alpine, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Burke County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Glen Alpine, 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 28628 (Glen Alpine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $147 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $75 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)