Saxapahaw, NC is a small rural town with a population of just over 1,600 located in Alamance County. The town's politics are largely reflective of the larger county and state. In general, Saxapahaw tends to lean conservatively on most local and statewide political issues. At the local level, Saxapahaw residents are represented by Alamance County Commissioners, State Representatives, and a State Senator. All three are Republicans who have largely championed traditional conservative values such as limited government spending and Second Amendment rights. On a national scale, Saxapahaw is represented by Republican representatives in Congress. Overall, Saxapahaw tends to be a politically conservative area with its leadership focused on keeping taxes low while maintaining an efficient government.
The political climate in Zip 27340 (Saxapahaw, NC) is somewhat 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 27340 (Saxapahaw, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Saxapahaw, North Carolina is somewhat 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.
Saxapahaw, 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 27340 (Saxapahaw)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)