Icard, North Carolina is a small town located in Burke County, with an estimated population of roughly 1,600 people. The politics in 28666 Icard is primarily influenced by the county-wide elections for the local representatives. Currently, those candidates are John Haddock and Joyce White for Commissioner of Burke County; Lydia Cope and Bob Miller for Clerk of Court; and Tom Smith for Sheriff. These candidates all take stances on issues most important to local residents, such as public safety, economic growth, job creation and education. Residents have been vocal about their opinions on these issues and have worked to ensure that their voices are heard throughout the election process. The politics in 28666 Icard allow residents to feel connected to their local government and influence decisions that affect them on a daily basis.
The political climate in Zip 28666 (Icard, 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 28666 (Icard, NC) is strongly conservative.
Icard, 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.
Icard, 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 28666 (Icard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)