Oak Ridge, NC is a small rural community located in North Carolina with a population of around 1,000 people. It is governed by a town council consisting of seven members who are elected every two years. The town council meets regularly to discuss and manage the business of the town including budgeting, maintenance, and planning for upcoming projects. They also work closely with the county commissioners to ensure that the best interests of all Oak Ridge citizens are taken into account. Local politics is important to Oak Ridge residents as their elected representatives have a strong influence on their day-to-day lives. The council works hard to keep taxes low, maintain services such as garbage pickup and snow removal, and provide funds for infrastructure improvements like road repair and water line replacement. Residents can stay up-to-date on local politics by following announcements from the Town Council or attending meetings when they occur.
The political climate in Oak Ridge, NC is leaning liberal.
Guilford County, NC is moderately liberal. In Guilford County, NC 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guilford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 37.7%.
Guilford county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Ridge, NC is leaning liberal.
Guilford County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Greensboro-High Point 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.
Oak Ridge, North Carolina: r d D D D D
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 Oak Ridge, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,259 contributions totaling $438,285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 979 contributions totaling $410,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $419 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)