Granite Quarry, NC (28072) is a small town located in Rowan County with a population of approximately 2,800 people. The town is served by the Granite Quarry Board of Alderman, who are elected to serve four-year staggered terms. The current mayor is Terry C. Johnson and the other members of the board include Edward L. Brown Jr., Charles G. Morris, Jr., Donald B. Jolly, and Mechelle Hawkins. The board meets regularly to discuss important issues affecting the community such as economic development and public safety initiatives. Additionally, they hold regular public meetings for residents to voice their opinions and concerns about local politics and policies. Through these meetings, the board works to ensure that Granite Quarry remains a safe and prosperous place for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 28072 (Granite Quarry, 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 28072 (Granite Quarry, NC) is strongly conservative.
Granite Quarry, 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.
Granite Quarry, 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 28072 (Granite Quarry)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $70 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $1,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)