Elon, NC is a small town located in Alamance County. It is home to a diverse range of citizens who are politically engaged and active. The local political culture reflects the unique characteristics of the community, from its rural agricultural roots to its emerging college town status. In Elon, the residents focus their attention on issues that matter most to them such as education, public safety, and economic development. Local candidates for office must be aware of these issues and have a plan to address them in order to gain the support of voters. With each election cycle, Elon locals look forward to hearing about the visions from their candidates and how they can make a difference in their community.
The political climate in Elon, NC is leaning conservative.
Alamance County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Alamance County, NC 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alamance county remained moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.1%.
Alamance county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elon, NC is leaning conservative.
Alamance County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
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.
Elon, 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 Elon, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,928 contributions totaling $181,315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 970 contributions totaling $609,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $628 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)