Greensboro, NC is a city with a rich history of political activity. Within the city council, there is great diversity and representation from all areas of the city. The current mayor of Greensboro is Nancy Vaughan, who has been in office since 2013 and has been a strong advocate for the city's progressive agenda. Additionally, Greensboro has a number of local elected representatives on both the state and federal level, including Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-NC) in Congress. These representatives represent their constituents to pass legislation that benefits their communities and works towards progressivism at the national level. In recent years Greensboro has seen an influx of progressive activists pushing for change around issues such as police reform, racial justice reform, environmental sustainability initiatives, and much more. Greensboro continues to be an example of thriving political engagement in North Carolina.
The political climate in Greensboro, NC is moderately 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
Greensboro, NC is moderately liberal.
Guilford County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Greensboro-High Point Metro Area is leaning 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.
Greensboro, 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 Greensboro, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24,279 contributions totaling $4,473,438 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,088 contributions totaling $5,157,048 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $847 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)