Sugar Grove, NC is a small town in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina with a population of approximately 500 people. The town has a mayor and three council members who are all elected by the citizens of Sugar Grove to represent their interests on the local city council. The mayor and council members take part in local decision-making, address community concerns, manage resources and respond to changes within the local community. In recent years, the town has focused on bringing new businesses into the area and improving infrastructure throughout Sugar Grove. This has helped to create more jobs for residents and bring new life into the small community. The city government of Sugar Grove works diligently to ensure its citizens have access to clean water, quality public services, and ample opportunities for education and growth.
The political climate in Zip 28679 (Sugar Grove, NC) is leaning conservative.
Watauga County, NC is somewhat liberal. In Watauga County, NC 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Watauga county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.9%.
Watauga county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28679 (Sugar Grove, NC) is leaning conservative.
Sugar Grove, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Watauga County, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Boone Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Sugar Grove, North Carolina: R r d r d d
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 28679 (Sugar Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 316 contributions totaling $7,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)