If it were up to Anson County, Hillary Clinton would be president.
The Democratic presidential nominee earned 2,307 votes (66.07 percent of Democratic votes) in Anson. Bernie Sanders followed with 914 votes (26.17 percent), followed by Martin J. O’Malley with 50 (1.43 percent) and Roque Rocky De La Fuente with 13 (0.37 percent). Two hundred and eight voters (5.96 percent) of Anson Democrats marked no preference.
Donald Trump led the Republican vote in Anson County, taking 612 votes (50 percent) from Anson Republicans. Ted Cruz followed with 443 votes (36.19 percent).
John R. Kasich trailed behind with 72 votes (5.88 percent), Marco Rubio with 64 (5.23 percent), Ben Carson with 11 (0.90 percent), Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee with five each (0.41 percent), Rand Paul with three (0.25 percent), Rick Santorum with two (0.16 percent), and Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina and Jim Gilmore with one vote each (0.08 percent). Four Republican voters (0.33 percent) indicated they had no presidential preference.
Anson largely followed the state trend, which saw Trump lead the Republican party with 40.24 percent of the votes and Cruz following with 36.77 percent, and Clinton leading the Democrats with 54.59 percent of the vote and Sanders following with 40.76 percent.
STATE BOND
Anson voters followed the state trend and largely supported the $2 billion Connect NC bond referendum.
Three thousand, one hundred forty-one voters (70.55 percent) supported the bond, while 1,311 (29.45 percent) opposed it.
Anson’s results also closely mirrored the state trend, as 65.56 percent of voters supported the bond and 34.44 percent were against it.
The $2 billion bond package is meant to “connect North Carolina to the 21st century through statewide investments in education, parks, safety, recreation and water and sewer infrastructure,” according to Connect.NC.gov, the government’s official website for the bond.
With the approval of the bond, South Piedmont Community College is slated to receive $3,189,221 to use for new construction, repairs and renovations on campus facilities.
Funds from the bond will be used for water and sewer loans and grants across the state, agricultural research, National Guard facilities, state parks and more.
In February, SPCC representative Michelle Brock told the county commissioners that the money the community college receives will be split between its Anson and Union County campuses, though the amount each county campus will receive has not yet been announced.
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