Greensboro, NC is a diverse and vibrant city with an active political scene. The city is home to a variety of elected officials who serve in positions at the local, state and federal level. Locally, Greensboro residents are represented by a Mayor and six City Council members. In addition to this, there are numerous advisory boards and committees that work for the betterment of the community. Furthermore, Greensboro maintains its own judicial system with municipal courts serving criminal cases below the state level. At the state level, Greensboro is represented in both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly, as well as by one member of Congress in Washington D.C. As such, politics play an important role in 27406 Greensboro and its surrounding area; these stakeholders take part in making decisions that have far-reaching implications for their community.
The political climate in Zip 27406 (Greensboro, NC) is moderately liberal.
Guilford County, NC is moderately liberal. In Guilford County, NC 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guilford county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 37.7%.
Guilford county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27406 (Greensboro, NC) is moderately liberal.
Greensboro, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Guilford County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Greensboro-High Point Metro Area is leaning 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.
Greensboro, North Carolina: r 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 27406 (Greensboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 654 contributions totaling $52,689 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $66,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)