Gibsonville, NC is a small town with a rich political history. The town has been active in local, state, and national politics for decades, electing representatives to the local school board, city council, county government, state legislature and national Congress. In recent years, Gibsonville has played an important role in shaping public policy related to education reform, economic development and environmental protection. Local political candidates have included both Democrats and Republicans who have fought for the interests of their constituents. Although there have been some divisive issues in the past few years, Gibsonville remains dedicated to ensuring that its citizens are represented fairly in all levels of government.
The political climate in Gibsonville, 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
Gibsonville, NC is leaning liberal.
Guilford County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
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.
Gibsonville, 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 Gibsonville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,006 contributions totaling $178,613 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,093 contributions totaling $540,684 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $495 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)