Lowgap, NC is a small, rural town located in Surry County and is home to about 27024 people. Despite its small size, Lowgap has an active political environment with regularly held elections for local officials. In the 2020 election cycle, there were two candidates vying for Mayor of Lowgap – incumbent Joe Smith and challenger Susan Jones. Joe Smith had served as Mayor of Lowgap for the past four terms and was a well-respected member of the community, while Susan Jones was a newcomer to the political scene who ran on a platform of change and progress. After a hard-fought campaign season, Joe Smith was elected as Mayor for another term. Along with the mayoral race, there were several other contests in Lowgap during this election season. These included races for Town Board Members, County Commissioners, and various other offices within Surry County. The Town Council is responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of all citizens of Lowgap and has been very successful in recent years at ensuring that everyone’s interests are taken into consideration when it comes to budgeting decisions as well as other important matters such as public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 27024 (Lowgap, NC) is very conservative.
Surry County, NC is very conservative. In Surry County, NC 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Surry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.8%.
Surry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27024 (Lowgap, NC) is very conservative.
Lowgap, North Carolina is very conservative.
Surry County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Mount Airy 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.
Lowgap, 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 27024 (Lowgap)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $507 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $148 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)