Pilot Mountain, NC is located in Surry County and is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government. The current mayor is Dwight Atkins, who was elected in 2017. The town council consists of five members including Jimmy Cockerham, Donnie Martin, Evelyn Moorefield, Darlene Pruitt and Bruce Waller. All of the members were elected into office in 2019 and will serve until the next election cycle in 2022. The mayor and town council are responsible for setting policy and budgeting for Pilot Mountain's various departments such as public safety, education, parks & recreation, utilities and economic development. Residents of Pilot Mountain have the opportunity to participate in local politics through voting on proposals or attending town council meetings to provide feedback.
The political climate in Zip 27041 (Pilot Mountain, 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 27041 (Pilot Mountain, NC) is very conservative.
Pilot Mountain, 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.
Pilot Mountain, 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 27041 (Pilot Mountain)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $2,327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $18,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)