Oxford, NC is an historic and vibrant town located in Granville County. It has a rich history of political participation among its citizens, starting with the formation of a commission to govern the town in 1871. Over the decades, Oxford has been represented by many local elected officials who have worked to ensure that the needs of the community are being met. Currently, there are several candidates from both major parties running for local office in Oxford. This includes candidates for mayor, city council and other municipal positions on the ballot this year. Residents of Oxford have the opportunity to make their voices heard at the polls and ensure that their representatives reflect their values and interests. As such, voting is an important way for residents to show support for leaders who will work hard to make Oxford an even better place to live and work.
The political climate in Oxford, NC is leaning liberal.
Granville County, NC is leaning conservative. In Granville County, NC 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Granville county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 46.1%.
Granville county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oxford, NC is leaning liberal.
Granville County, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
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.
Oxford, North Carolina: d r d d 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 Oxford, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 717 contributions totaling $213,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 618 contributions totaling $100,080 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)