The town of Chapel Hill, NC, 27514 is located in Orange County and is home to a diverse population. The political landscape in this vibrant community reflects the wide range of perspectives held by its many different groups. In Chapel Hill’s local elections, candidates from several different political parties run for office, including Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, and Greens. Residents can vote for candidates of their choice on issues that are important to them. The town also has an active town council which includes representatives from all parts of the community. Through these representatives, citizens have the opportunity to voice their opinions on matters such as environmental protection, public transportation networks and economic development initiatives. With its mix of politics and culture, Chapel Hill is an exciting place for anyone interested in engaging in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 27514 (Chapel Hill, NC) is strongly liberal.
Orange County, NC is very liberal. In Orange County, NC 74.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.8% to 23.7%.
Orange county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27514 (Chapel Hill, NC) is strongly liberal.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina is strongly liberal.
Orange County, North Carolina is very liberal.
Durham-Chapel Hill Metro Area is very 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.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina: D 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 27514 (Chapel Hill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,395 contributions totaling $3,293,182 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 600 contributions totaling $190,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)