The town of Glen Raven, NC is a small community located in Alamance County. The town is governed by its mayor and board of commissioners, who are elected by the residents. They work together to ensure that the town’s businesses, services, and residents have access to all the resources and opportunities they need. The local political environment is one of collaboration and cooperation, where everyone works together for the betterment of the community. There are regular meetings with constituents to discuss issues important to citizens such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and other matters. In addition, there are numerous local organizations dedicated to making Glen Raven a better place for all its citizens. These organizations bring together people from different backgrounds and political viewpoints in order to create solutions to regional problems and strengthen civic engagement in politics on a local level.
The political climate in Glen Raven, 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
Glen Raven, 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.
Glen Raven, 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 Glen Raven, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 819 contributions totaling $76,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $400,279 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,991 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)