Alleghany County, NC is a small rural community in the foothills of North Carolina. The county is home to many small towns and communities, each with their own local government structure and political landscape. At the county level, residents elect members to serve on the Alleghany County Board of Commissioners as well as other official roles such as Sheriff and Register of Deeds. These positions are critical to helping shape the county's future and ensuring that its citizens are represented at all levels of government. Additionally, citizens here can get involved in local politics by joining or forming civic organizations such as chambers of commerce or associations dedicated to particular causes. Political discourse in Alleghany County can often be seen in public meetings held by these entities which give citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions and engage in meaningful dialogue about important issues affecting them locally.
The political climate in Alleghany County, NC is very conservative.
In Alleghany County, NC 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alleghany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 24.5%.
Alleghany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alleghany County, NC is very conservative.
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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.
Alleghany, 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 Alleghany County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $10,494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $28,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)