Ruffin, NC is a small rural town located in Rockingham County. It has a close-knit community and strong sense of local pride. Although the population of Ruffin is relatively small, politics still remain an important part of the community life. The town is governed by a five member board elected by residents and serves as the legislative branch for the municipality. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will represent the people of Ruffin in municipal government. Residents have the opportunity to get involved in local politics by voting for their preferred candidates during election time or attending town meetings and voicing their opinions about civic issues. No matter their level of political involvement, all citizens play an important role in shaping their hometown’s future.
The political climate in Ruffin, NC is strongly conservative.
Rockingham County, NC is strongly conservative. In Rockingham County, NC 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.4%.
Rockingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ruffin, NC is strongly conservative.
Rockingham County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
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.
Ruffin, 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 Ruffin, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $5,061 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)