The small town of Stem, NC (27581) is a charming community with a strong sense of local pride. Politically, the town is represented by the Wake County Board of Commissioners and the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate. As part of Wake County, Stem residents are able to choose from various candidates for local office each year. In addition to voting for Commissioners, Stem residents can also vote in State and National elections. Stem voters often take part in elections on issues such as taxes, infrastructure, environment, public safety, education and healthcare. While local elections generally have low voter turnout due to limited resources available for candidates' campaigns, federal and state elections draw larger numbers of Stem’s citizens eager to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 27581 (Stem, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Granville County, NC is leaning conservative. In Granville County, NC 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Granville county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 46.1%.
Granville county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27581 (Stem, NC) is somewhat conservative.
Stem, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Granville County, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
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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.
Stem, North Carolina: d r d d 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 27581 (Stem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $4,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)