Chatham County, NC is a small rural county located south of Raleigh. Its politics are largely influenced by the people who live there who value traditional values and local government. The Chatham County Board of Elections is responsible for organizing and conducting all elections in the county. In recent years, voters have had the chance to make their voices heard by electing local representatives from a range of political backgrounds. These elected officials shape the trajectory of the county's politics and provide active leadership on issues that affect its residents. Local candidates often focus their campaigns on economic growth, job creation, education reform, healthcare, and environmental issues that are important in Chatham County.
The political climate in Chatham County, NC is somewhat liberal.
In Chatham County, NC 55.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chatham county remained strongly Democratic, 55.1% to 43.6%.
Chatham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chatham County, NC is somewhat 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.
Chatham, 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 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 Chatham County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,881 contributions totaling $458,820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 502 contributions totaling $63,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)