Durham, NC is a vibrant city with strong political representation in the local government. It is located in 27704 zip code and is home to a diverse population of people from many different backgrounds. The mayor of Durham is Steve Schewel who was elected in 2017 and has been an advocate for social justice and environmental sustainability initiatives. He has proposed legislation that promotes economic growth, job creation, public safety, transportation improvement, and affordable housing throughout the community. The City Council consists of 8 members elected by the citizens of Durham to represent them on local matters. This City Council creates the laws that apply to everyone living within city limits. Additionally, there are several representatives at the state and federal level who represent Durham's interests in Raleigh or Washington D.C., respectively. Overall, politics in Durham are focused on making sure all citizens have access to resources that will improve their lives while protecting their rights.
The political climate in Zip 27704 (Durham, NC) is strongly liberal.
Durham County, NC is very liberal. In Durham County, NC 80.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 18.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Durham county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 80.4% to 18.0%.
Durham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27704 (Durham, NC) is strongly liberal.
Durham, North Carolina is strongly liberal.
Durham 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.
Durham, 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 27704 (Durham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,236 contributions totaling $55,638 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $6,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)