The Albemarle, NC metro area is a vibrant and diverse community that is home to many interesting local political candidates. With an emphasis on progressive ideals, the various candidates for office work hard to ensure that the needs of all residents are met. Each candidate has their own platform and ideas for improving the quality of life for those in our community. From issues such as education, infrastructure, poverty alleviation, housing affordability, and criminal justice reform, these local politicians have been working hard to make sure that everyone in our area knows what they stand for and how it affects them. Every election cycle brings with it new faces and ideas as we look towards the future of our beloved Albemarle, NC Metro Area.
The political climate in Albemarle Metro Area is very conservative.
In Albemarle Metro Area 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Albemarle metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.0% to 24.0%.
The Albemarle metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Albemarle Metro Area is very 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.
Albemarle, 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 Albemarle Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 370 contributions totaling $61,868 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $124,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)