Marshville, NC is a small city with a vibrant history and unique culture. Politics in Marshville are passionate and involve local citizens from all walks of life. Voters in Marshville take pride in selecting the best candidates to represent the community and its values. The city is run by an elected mayor and council, who are charged with making decisions that affect the entire city. Elections for mayor and council members occur every two years, giving residents a chance to review and assess the current leaders’ performance as well as electing new city officials. There is also a wide range of interest groups striving to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to issues important to them. Whatever your political stance may be, Marshville has something for everyone when it comes to engaging in the democratic process.
The political climate in Marshville, 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
Marshville, NC 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.
Marshville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Marshville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 368 contributions totaling $20,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $35,311 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $484 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)