The politics in Troutman, NC (28166) are largely dominated by the Republican party. The town is part of the Iredell County-Statesville City district, which elects a representative to the North Carolina House of Representatives. Currently, this seat is held by Republican John Bradford who was first elected in 2012. At a local level, Troutman has an elected Mayor and Board of Commissioners who are responsible for setting and implementing public policy in the town. The board consists of five members, all whom are affiliated with the Republican party. Overall, Troutman is a conservative leaning community where residents place an emphasis on smaller government and limited taxes.
The political climate in Zip 28166 (Troutman, NC) is strongly conservative.
Iredell County, NC is very conservative. In Iredell County, NC 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iredell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.1%.
Iredell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28166 (Troutman, NC) is strongly conservative.
Troutman, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Iredell 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.
Troutman, 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 28166 (Troutman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $30,627 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $471 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $45,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $412 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)