Greensboro, NC is a major city located in North Carolina's Guilford County. It has a population of around 288,000 people and is home to several universities and institutions, including the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Politically, the city is fairly liberal and leans towards the Democratic Party. In recent years, local elections have seen an increase in voter turnout and support for progressive candidates. The current mayor of Greensboro is Nancy Vaughan who was elected to office in 2017. She has been working with local leaders to promote economic development, improve infrastructure, and increase access to quality education and healthcare. The city council consists of nine members from different districts that are all focused on improving life for the citizens of Greensboro. In 2020, there were many local political candidates running for office but none of them are specifically mentioned here as this article is not about population or naming specific political candidates.
The political climate in Zip 27455 (Greensboro, NC) is somewhat 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
Zip 27455 (Greensboro, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Greensboro, North Carolina is somewhat 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.
Greensboro, 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 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 zip 27455 (Greensboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,941 contributions totaling $356,951 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 516 contributions totaling $303,779 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $589 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)