Wingate, NC (28174) is a small town located in Union County, North Carolina. It has a strong sense of civic pride and participation in local politics. Local government is run by a mayor and four city council members who are elected to serve the community. Residents of Wingate are able to participate in their local politics through voting or providing input at city council meetings that are held on the first Monday of every month at City Hall. Community members can also get involved in other ways such as volunteering for local charities or running for office themselves. Wingate is also home to several organizations that advocate for various causes such as education, health care, and environmental issues. This helps promote collaboration between different groups within the community and works towards achieving common goals that benefit everyone living there.
The political climate in Zip 28174 (Wingate, NC) is moderately conservative.
Union County, NC is strongly conservative. In Union County, NC 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.2%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28174 (Wingate, NC) is moderately conservative.
Wingate, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Union County, North Carolina is strongly 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.
Wingate, 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 28174 (Wingate)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $4,920 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)