The politics in 27292 Lexington, NC are quite varied and interesting. The city is represented at the local level by a mayor, three City Council members, and several other elected officials. The current mayor of Lexington is Mayor Newell Clark who was elected in 2016 and has held the office since then. The City Council members are John Hipps, Kenneth Smith, and Mary Ann Spencer. Each of the council members are elected to four-year terms by residents in their respective districts. Additionally, there are a number of other elected officials such as the Police Chief, Fire Chief, Clerk of Court, Tax Assessor-Collector and Register of Deeds whom all serve four-year terms. These elected officials work together to ensure that Lexington's citizens have access to quality services and protect their rights under the law. In addition to local politics, residents also participate in state politics through voting for state representatives in the North Carolina General Assembly and for federal offices such as U.S Senators and President of the United States.
The political climate in Zip 27292 (Lexington, NC) is strongly conservative.
Davidson County, NC is very conservative. In Davidson County, NC 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Davidson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Davidson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27292 (Lexington, NC) is strongly conservative.
Lexington, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Davidson County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Winston-Salem Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lexington, 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 27292 (Lexington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 553 contributions totaling $33,992 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 174 contributions totaling $49,597 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)