Durham, NC is a city full of vibrant culture and politics. Since its incorporation in 1869, Durham has seen many changes in both population and politics. Currently, the Mayor of Durham is Steve Schewel, who was elected in 2017. The City Council members are Javiera Caballero, DeDreana Freeman, Mark-Anthony Middleton, Jillian Johnson, Vernetta Alston, Karen Rooker and Charlie Reece. Together they work to represent the interests of their constituents and bring new ideas to the table for making Durham more successful. In addition to these figures are the many local political candidates running for various offices within 27709 Durham NC. These candidates offer diverse perspectives on issues impacting the community and provide valuable insight into how policy decisions can affect citizens of this city.
The political climate in Zip 27709 (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 27709 (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 27709 (Durham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $12,879 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $8,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $845 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)