Guilford County, North Carolina is a vibrant and diverse area with an engaged community of voters. The county has numerous local political candidates running in upcoming elections, representing a wide range of views and backgrounds. Voters have the opportunity to support their favorite candidate or issue in the upcoming election, as each candidate works to highlight their strengths and platforms for success. The county also provides many resources for those interested in staying informed and involved in current events, including civic clubs, online resources, and public meetings. Through these activities and initiatives, the citizens of Guilford County are often well-informed on the issues impacting their lives and communities.
The political climate in Guilford County, NC is moderately liberal.
In Guilford County, NC 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guilford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 37.7%.
Guilford county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Guilford County, NC is moderately liberal.
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.
Guilford, North Carolina: r 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 Guilford County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,197 contributions totaling $3,277,995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,676 contributions totaling $3,906,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $688 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)