Salisbury, NC (28144) is a beautiful city located in the piedmont region of North Carolina. It has a rich history dating back to its founding in 1753, and its political landscape reflects the diversity of the city itself. Salisbury proudly supports both Democratic and Republican parties, with current representatives ranging from State Senators to City Council members. Active civic engagement helps ensure that each citizen’s voice is heard, ensuring that our community remains unified and striving for progress. Through attending public meetings, engaging with council members on social media, and participating in local initiatives such as voting drives and town hall meetings, residents have the opportunity to raise issues important to them and seek solutions to problems across all areas of life.
The political climate in Zip 28144 (Salisbury, NC) is moderately 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 28144 (Salisbury, NC) is moderately conservative.
Salisbury, North Carolina is moderately 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.
Salisbury, 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 28144 (Salisbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 835 contributions totaling $128,154 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 210 contributions totaling $219,273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,044 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)