The town of 28630 Granite Falls, NC is a small community located in the foothills of North Carolina. The town has a population of around 11,000 people and is home to many families as well as local businesses. While the citizens of the town enjoy their quiet lifestyle, they also take part in their local politics. Granite Falls has many engaged citizens who actively participate in the political process and take an active role in influencing the future direction of their community. In addition to voting during election season, citizens also attend city council meetings and join local organizations to help shape public policy decisions that affect them on a daily basis. Local political candidates are usually involved in these efforts as well, helping to provide guidance and support for constituents when needed. Although Granite Falls is a small community with limited resources, its residents are passionate about their local politics and work hard to ensure that they have a voice in civic matters.
The political climate in Zip 28630 (Granite Falls, NC) is very conservative.
Caldwell County, NC is very conservative. In Caldwell County, NC 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caldwell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 23.9%.
Caldwell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28630 (Granite Falls, NC) is very conservative.
Granite Falls, North Carolina is very conservative.
Caldwell 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.
Granite Falls, 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 28630 (Granite Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $16,986 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $386 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $29,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)