Elkin, North Carolina is a small town located in the northwestern part of the state. While the population of Elkin is relatively low, it is still an active and engaged community when it comes to local politics. In Elkin, citizens are encouraged to get involved and participate in local elections and discussions about important issues that affect their lives. Each election season, local politicians come out and meet with residents to discuss their ideas and platforms on topics such as education, health care, taxes, and other important issues that impact the community. Additionally, elected officials are always available to address any questions or concerns from constituents as they relate to city matters. As a result of its active political engagement, Elkin has been able to make positive progress with regard to many aspects of daily life in the town.
The political climate in Elkin, NC is moderately conservative.
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
Elkin, NC is moderately conservative.
Surry County, North Carolina 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.
Elkin, 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 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 Elkin, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 210 contributions totaling $31,382 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $54,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)