Greensboro, North Carolina is a city located in the heart of the Piedmont Triad region. It has a rich political history and is home to several major local political offices. The 27401 zip code encompasses much of the city's downtown core and is also home to a diverse population of citizens with varied political beliefs. Local politics in this area are heavily influenced by both the City Council, which sets laws and policies for the city, as well as by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, which makes decisions on countywide issues. On the national level, Greensboro supports Democratic candidates with many citizens involved in party activities throughout election cycles. Major issues that dominate local conversations include increasing access to affordable housing, expanding public transportation options, and maintaining a safe and healthy environment for residents.
The political climate in Zip 27401 (Greensboro, NC) is moderately liberal.
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
Zip 27401 (Greensboro, NC) is moderately liberal.
Greensboro, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Guilford County, North Carolina 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.
Greensboro, 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 zip 27401 (Greensboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,331 contributions totaling $228,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $136,235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,919 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)