Alamance County, North Carolina is located in the heart of the state. It is a rural county with a population of about 151,131 people as of 2019. Politics in Alamance County are generally conservative and have been historically Republican-leaning. The county has experienced a recent shift in party affiliation, and in 2020 Democratic candidates won several key races in local elections. The most notable was the election of Tony Wilkins as Sheriff, making him the first African American to ever hold that position in Alamance County's history. This shift in local politics demonstrates that Alamance is steadily becoming more progressive and embracing new ideas for political leadership.
The political climate in 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
Alamance County, NC 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.
Alamance, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Alamance County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,278 contributions totaling $297,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,243 contributions totaling $607,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $489 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)