The city of Burlington, NC 27217 is a thriving community with a vibrant political scene. As the county seat of Alamance County, Burlington provides local governance and services to the surrounding areas. Every two years, voters in Alamance County have the opportunity to go to the polls and cast their ballots for candidates running for office at both the state and local level. The elections are contested by both Republican and Democratic candidates who are committed to representing the interests of their constituents in Burlington, NC 27217. In recent years, voter turnout has been steadily increasing as residents take more interest in local politics and become more engaged in civic dialogue. Additionally, many local advocacy groups have formed to support issues that are important to Burlington’s residents, such as increasing infrastructure investments and providing resources for children and families living with poverty. All of these activities demonstrate how citizens in 27217 Burlington, NC are actively participating in their local political landscape and working together to create a better future for everyone in their community.
The political climate in Zip 27217 (Burlington, NC) is leaning conservative.
Alamance County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Alamance County, NC 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, Alamance county remained moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.1%.
Alamance county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27217 (Burlington, NC) is leaning conservative.
Burlington, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Alamance County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 27217 (Burlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 345 contributions totaling $24,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $191,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,735 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)