Earl, NC is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. It has a strong sense of community, and the citizens of Earl are passionate about their local politics. Every election season, there is great debate about who should represent the townspeople in local government. The people of Earl take great pride in making sure that the candidates they choose for local office will be dedicated to serving their needs and fighting for their interests. Each candidate must demonstrate an understanding of the issues that are important to residents and what kind of policies they would enact if elected into office. In addition, each candidate must be committed to upholding the values and standards of Earl's citizens. With every election season, it is exciting to see who will emerge as the winner and how they will represent Earl as its next leader.
The political climate in Earl, NC is strongly conservative.
Cleveland County, NC is very conservative. In Cleveland County, NC 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleveland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 33.0%.
Cleveland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Earl, NC is strongly conservative.
Cleveland County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Shelby Metro Area is very 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.
Earl, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Earl, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $5,389 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $12,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)