The Burlington, NC Metro Area is a bustling region filled with diverse people and cultures. Politically, the area is largely part of North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District and the state Senate’s 24th District. The city itself is governed by a mayor-council form of government in which an elected mayor serves as chief executive, while a nine-member city council leads policymaking and legislative duties. There are also several other local boards and commissions that serve to govern different aspects of local life. During elections for public office, there are numerous political candidates vying for positions such as Mayor, City Council Members, Town Commissioners, and County Commissioners. Each candidate offers unique perspectives on how to guide the community forward on issues ranging from economic development to social justice. Overall, political candidates in the Burlington Metro Area strive to represent their constituents’ values and ideas while advocating for policies that will benefit all citizens of the region.
The political climate in Burlington Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Burlington Metro Area 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Burlington metro area remained moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.1%.
The Burlington metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burlington Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Burlington, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Burlington Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,278 contributions totaling $297,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,243 contributions totaling $607,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $489 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)