The politics in 27574 Roxboro, NC are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. As of 2020, the Mayor and City Council of Roxboro primarily consists of Democrats. The current mayor is Dean Graves, who was elected in 2017 with 82 percent of the vote. The city council members include David Person, William Arthur Cardwell, Robert “Boo” Jones, and Lois Mackenzie. There have been no local political candidates running against each other in recent elections, so the Democratic Party have had a stronghold on local politics for some time now. Despite this domination however, there is still a strong sense of community engagement when it comes to local political issues. Civic participation is high among citizens regardless of their party affiliations.
The political climate in Zip 27574 (Roxboro, NC) is moderately conservative.
Person County, NC is moderately conservative. In Person County, NC 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Person county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.2% to 38.7%.
Person county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27574 (Roxboro, NC) is moderately conservative.
Roxboro, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Person County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Durham-Chapel Hill Metro Area is very 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.
Roxboro, 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 27574 (Roxboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $4,131 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $12,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)