In the small town of Graham, NC (zip code 27253), local politics is an important force in the community. Graham, which is located in Alamance County, is represented at the state level by Senator Rick Gunn and Representatives Dennis Riddell and Stephen Ross. At the county level, Alamance County Commissioners are John Paisley, Amy Galey, Bill Lashley, Ronald Faucette, and Anthony Wilks. The Mayor of Graham is Jerry Peterman who was elected to the office in 2019. While Graham is a small town with a population of approximately 4500 people, its citizens take their responsibility to stay informed on local political issues seriously. In addition to attending city council meetings or participating in local activist organizations, residents can also show their support for their chosen candidates during election time by informing themselves about their positions and casting their vote.
The political climate in Zip 27253 (Graham, 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 27253 (Graham, NC) is leaning conservative.
Graham, 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.
Graham, 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 27253 (Graham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 569 contributions totaling $23,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $12,187 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)