Siler City, NC (27344) is a small town located in North Carolina. Although it has a small population, the politics of Siler City still have an important impact on the local community. The mayor of Siler City is Mary Ann Clark, who was first elected to office in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. The city council consists of six members, including two at-large seats, a representative from each ward and the mayor. Siler City also has three school board members who are elected at-large by district voters. Issues that are important to the city include infrastructure improvements, economic development and public safety. Local political candidates focus on these issues when campaigning for office. The citizens of Siler City take their civic duties seriously and regularly participate in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 27344 (Siler City, NC) is leaning liberal.
Chatham County, NC is somewhat liberal. In Chatham County, NC 55.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chatham county remained strongly Democratic, 55.1% to 43.6%.
Chatham county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27344 (Siler City, NC) is leaning liberal.
Siler City, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Chatham County, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
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.
Siler City, North Carolina: d 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 27344 (Siler City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 230 contributions totaling $20,872 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $18,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)