The Greenville, NC Metro Area is a bustling community with plenty of political activity. Over the past few years, the city has seen great growth and development, leading to an increase in local and state-level political engagement. In addition to active involvement in national elections, the area features a variety of local candidates who are involved in civic debates and initiatives related to taxes, education, infrastructure, and other important topics. From city council to school board members, Greenville residents have many opportunities to become informed and participate in local politics.
The political climate in Greenville Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Greenville Metro Area 54.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Greenville metro area remained moderately Democratic, 54.0% to 44.5%.
The Greenville metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Greenville, North Carolina: r r 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Greenville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,382 contributions totaling $314,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,565 contributions totaling $565,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)