Germanton, NC is a small town located in 27019 zip code with a population of just over 5,000. It is governed by the Town of Germanton Board of Commissioners, which consists of five locally elected members that serve four-year terms. The board is responsible for setting the local tax rate, creating ordinances and regulations to protect citizens’ safety and health, and adopting budget projections for the upcoming fiscal year. In addition to the town government, there are several other political entities within Germanton, including county representatives from Forsyth County and state representatives from North Carolina's House and Senate. Overall, politics play an important role in Germanton as its citizens continually strive to make their community a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 27019 (Germanton, NC) is very conservative.
Stokes County, NC is very conservative. In Stokes County, NC 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stokes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 20.6%.
Stokes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27019 (Germanton, NC) is very conservative.
Germanton, North Carolina is very conservative.
Stokes County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Winston-Salem 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.
Germanton, 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 27019 (Germanton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $23,843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $4,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)