\nThe small town of Butner, North Carolina is home to a population of close to 8,000 people. Although it is small in size, Butner has seen its fair share of political activity and debate over the years. In recent years, some of the candidates who have run for local office in 27509 Butner include Republican Sallie Shuping-Russell, Democrat Erv Portman, and Libertarian Edward Kuester. These candidates have campaigned on a variety of issues, ranging from education to economic development. The citizens of 27509 Butner have often been engaged in local politics and debates on various topics. Despite its size, the residents of 28509 Butner take their civic duties seriously and are always eager to be involved in local political matters.
The political climate in Zip 27509 (Butner, NC) is leaning conservative.
Granville County, NC is leaning conservative. In Granville County, NC 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Granville county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 46.1%.
Granville county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27509 (Butner, NC) is leaning conservative.
Butner, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Granville County, North Carolina is leaning 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.
Butner, North Carolina: d r d d 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 27509 (Butner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $1,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $7,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $568 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)