The city of Durham, NC is a vibrant and diverse community that is home to over 260,000 people. Politically speaking, the citizens of 27707 Durham have a wide range of opinions and views on local politics. There are a variety of elected officials who represent their constituents in Durham, such as members of the City Council, Mayor’s Office, County Commissioners and District Attorney. Each individual has their own unique vision for the future of the city and its people. Local organizations like The Democratic Party of Durham County, The Republican Party of North Carolina, The Libertarian Party of North Carolina, Indivisible Durham and other groups work together to advocate for issues important to the people living in 27707 Durham. Through collective action and advocacy efforts these groups strive to promote equity and justice for all residents within their communities.
The political climate in Zip 27707 (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 27707 (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 27707 (Durham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,902 contributions totaling $1,113,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 414 contributions totaling $244,390 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $590 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)