Person, NC County is a relatively small county located in the state of North Carolina. It has a strong sense of community and is home to many families that have been living in the area for generations. Politically, Person, NC County is represented by two congressional districts. The first district includes part of Durham County and Person County and is currently held by Democratic Representative G.K. Butterfield. The second district includes parts of Orange, Granville, and Person Counties and is held by Republican Representative Virginia Foxx. Both representatives are active in their communities and strive to make sure that its constituents are well represented in Congress. They work hard to find bipartisan solutions to issues facing Person, NC County and other areas in their district. In addition, Person County has several local political candidates that are running for office this year including a county commissioner, sheriff, school board member, etc., who all seek to better serve the people of this community through their platforms and policies.
The political climate in Person County, NC is moderately conservative.
In Person County, NC 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Person county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 38.7%.
Person county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Person County, NC is moderately conservative.
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.
Person, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Person County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 432 contributions totaling $28,476 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 219 contributions totaling $36,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)