The politics in 27244 Elon, NC are largely determined by the local government. This small town of 8500 people is in Alamance County and is part of the North Carolina House District 63. The current representative from District 63 is Dennis Riddell, a Republican who has held the seat since 2014. At a local level, Elon Town Council consists of six members who are elected for four-year terms. In addition to the council members, mayoral elections determine the leader of this small community every two years. The current mayor is Jerry Tolley, who was reelected in 2019 and will serve until 2021. Elon strives to be an inclusive and progressive town that encourages civic engagement among its residents and places great value on volunteerism within the community.
The political climate in Zip 27244 (Elon, NC) is leaning conservative.
Alamance County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Alamance County, NC 45.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alamance county remained moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.1%.
Alamance county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27244 (Elon, NC) is leaning conservative.
Elon, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Alamance County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Burlington Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Elon, North Carolina: R R r R 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 27244 (Elon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $27,341 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $17,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)