Rougemont, North Carolina is a small rural town located in Durham County. The area has traditionally been conservative, and in recent years the political landscape has shifted with the town embracing more progressive ideals within its local government. Over the past few election cycles, Rougemont locals have elected several candidates that support progressive values such as renewable energy initiatives and social issues reform. Local politics in Rougemont still remain largely conservative but the shift towards a more liberal viewpoint has become increasingly evident with each election cycle. This shift has allowed Rougemont to embrace a new generation of leadership that is working hard to ensure that their voice is heard and their needs are met.
The political climate in Rougemont, NC is somewhat liberal.
Durham County, NC is very liberal. In Durham County, NC 80.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 18.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Durham county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 80.4% to 18.0%.
Durham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rougemont, NC is somewhat liberal.
Durham 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.
Rougemont, 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 Rougemont, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 813 contributions totaling $47,639 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $41,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)