Reidsville, NC is a small city located in Rockingham County. Located in the heart of North Carolina, it has a population of about 14,000 people and is known for its vibrant community spirit and welcoming atmosphere. Despite its size, Reidsville has had some interesting political moments in recent years. In 2018, businessman Joe Turlington was elected mayor after running as an independent in a contentious election against two other candidates. Since taking office Mayor Turlington has focused on enhancing the quality of life for local residents through improvements to infrastructure and public services. He also has worked to attract new businesses to the area by offering incentives and actively courting potential investors. Additionally, he wants to create more job opportunities for local citizens while also preserving Reidsville’s unique character as a rural but modern city.
The political climate in Zip 27320 (Reidsville, NC) is strongly conservative.
Rockingham County, NC is strongly conservative. In Rockingham County, NC 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.4%.
Rockingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27320 (Reidsville, NC) is strongly conservative.
Reidsville, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Rockingham County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
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.
Reidsville, 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 27320 (Reidsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 318 contributions totaling $15,285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 189 contributions totaling $30,224 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)