Shallotte, NC (28475) is a small town located in Brunswick County, North Carolina. It is part of the greater Wilmington Metropolitan area and has a population of just under 10,000 people. The politics in Shallotte are mainly focused on local issues and decisions that affect the town directly. Shallotte has only one political race at the state level, which is for the North Carolina House of Representatives. Currently, Republican Ted Davis holds this seat and serves as Shallotte's representative in Raleigh. At the local level, there are several offices contested in Shallotte's municipal elections including Mayor, City Council members, Clerk of Court and several other positions. In recent years, candidates have been particularly concerned with improving public safety and infrastructure while also keeping taxes low. In addition to elected officials, active citizens can get involved in local issues through various civic engagement groups such as PTA and neighborhood associations.
The political climate in Zip 28470 (Shallotte, NC) is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, NC is strongly conservative. In Brunswick County, NC 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brunswick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.9%.
Brunswick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28470 (Shallotte, NC) is moderately conservative.
Shallotte, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach Metro Area is strongly 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.
Shallotte, 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 28470 (Shallotte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $7,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $6,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)