Efland, NC is a small community located in Orange County. It is governed by a mayor and five-member council elected by the citizens of Efland. The council meets monthly to discuss issues affecting the town and decide on local policies. The mayor is responsible for leading the council, executing its decisions, and representing the town at public events. Political issues discussed in Efland include education, economic development, infrastructure improvements, public health initiatives, environmental sustainability, and crime prevention. Elections are held every two years to determine who will serve on the council and who will be mayor. Residents take pride in their community and value their right to choose their representatives.
The political climate in Efland, NC is moderately liberal.
Orange County, NC is very liberal. In Orange County, NC 74.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.8% to 23.7%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Efland, NC is moderately liberal.
Orange County, North Carolina is very liberal.
Durham-Chapel Hill Metro Area is very 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.
Efland, North Carolina: D 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 Efland, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 873 contributions totaling $128,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 283 contributions totaling $51,911 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)