Randolph County, NC is a small rural county located in the central part of North Carolina. It has a population of 140,247 and is made up of many small towns and communities that work together to form one cohesive government unit. The primary political party controlling Randolph County is the Republican Party. Each town and community in the county has their own mayor and city council members who are elected by local citizens to represent their interests in local politics. These representatives typically focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, education, and social services. The county also elects four commissioners that serve on the Randolph County Board of Commissioners which is responsible for making decisions regarding the budget, taxes, and other financial matters. Additionally, all state-level offices in Randolph County are held by Republicans as well. Overall, Randolph County is an area where politics plays an important role in day-to-day life and citizens take pride in their local representatives and their influence on policy.
The political climate in Randolph County, NC is very conservative.
In Randolph County, NC 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.3%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Randolph County, NC is very 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.
Randolph, 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 Randolph County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,337 contributions totaling $87,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 601 contributions totaling $157,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)