Burlington, NC is a small city located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. It has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor elected at-large and seven members of the city council elected from districts. The current mayor is Ian Baltutis, who was first elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013. The city council is responsible for making laws and regulations that govern Burlington and for providing municipal services such as police protection, fire protection, water and sewer services, garbage collection, parks and recreation programs, and other essential community programs. The city also supports citizen involvement in local government by providing open forums where residents can express their opinions on issues before the city council. In addition to local politicians, Burlington's legislative representation includes two state senators and five representatives from North Carolina's House of Representatives. As citizens of Burlington, it is important to stay informed about local politics so that we can have our voices heard by our representatives.
The political climate in Burlington, NC is leaning conservative.
Alamance County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Alamance County, NC 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alamance county remained moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.1%.
Alamance county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burlington, NC is leaning conservative.
Alamance County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Burlington Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Burlington, 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 Burlington, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,525 contributions totaling $651,468 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,553 contributions totaling $2,176,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $612 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)