Graham County is part of the North Carolina State political system, with its representatives and senators in the state legislature. Therefore, it is important for residents to be aware of the current political climate and who their local representatives are in order to actively participate in politics. Graham County has a number of active political candidates including Tarah Forrester, who is running for mayor of Robbinsville, and Matt Hill, a representative in the NC House District 120. Both candidates have been actively campaigning throughout Graham County and have shared their stances on various issues that are important to the citizens. Residents should take advantage of this opportunity to meet their potential elected officials and learn about their platforms before voting day.
The political climate in Graham County, NC is very conservative.
In Graham County, NC 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Graham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 19.4%.
Graham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Graham County, NC is very conservative.
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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.
Graham, 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 Graham County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132 contributions totaling $58,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $14,957 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $623 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)