Surry County in North Carolina is a rural county with a population of 73,673 people. It is the home to many small towns and cities, each with their own unique flavor and community. As far as politics are concerned, Surry County has been very reliably Republican in recent years. In the most recent election cycle, Republican candidates won every local election in the county. Voters have tended to strongly favor conservative values, such as lower taxes, less government, and so on. There have been some Democratic challengers over the years but none have been successful in gaining office. The landscape of politics in Surry County shows that it is still heavily influenced by Republican values and ideals.
The political climate in Surry County, NC is very conservative.
In Surry County, NC 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Surry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.8%.
Surry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Surry County, NC is very conservative.
Mount Airy Metro Area is very 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.
Surry, 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 Surry County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 801 contributions totaling $57,625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 682 contributions totaling $221,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)