Salisbury, North Carolina is a small city located in Rowan County and is home to about 33,000 people. The local government of Salisbury is composed of an elected mayor and seven city council members. The current mayor of Salisbury is Al Heggins who was elected in 2019 and the current City Council Members are Brian Miller, Webster Harris Jr., Tamara Sheffield, David Post, Karen Alexander, Maggie Blackwell, and Brian Miller. The city council holds meetings regularly to discuss issues facing the city such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, parks & recreation services and public safety. Salisbury puts great emphasis on public participation with community forums taking place at least once a year to give citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions on any matter related to the running of the city. There is also a strong presence of political activism in Salisbury with many residents being involved in various campaigns or initiatives that work to improve the quality of life for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 28146 (Salisbury, NC) is strongly 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 28146 (Salisbury, NC) is strongly conservative.
Salisbury, North Carolina is strongly 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 28146 (Salisbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $10,647 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $23,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)