Rockingham County, located in North Carolina, is home to a diverse political landscape. With a range of local issues from education to healthcare, the politics of Rockingham County is an ever-changing and vibrant part of the community. Local elections in Rockingham County are important for residents who care about the direction and future of their community. The county has seen debates over taxes, development projects, crime rates, and environmental issues that have been hotly contested by candidates running for office. In addition to local candidates on the ballot, citizens have the opportunity to express their views at town hall meetings or engage in conversations with their elected officials. This allows residents of Rockingham County to make sure that their voice is heard and that they have a say in how their community moves forward.
The political climate in 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
Rockingham County, NC 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.
Rockingham, 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 Rockingham County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 644 contributions totaling $29,052 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 383 contributions totaling $61,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)