Garland, NC is a small town located in Pender County, North Carolina. The town has a long and rich history of local politics and civic engagement. The town is represented in the North Carolina General Assembly by Democrat Earl Baker, who serves as the Representative for District 24. At the county level, Garland is represented by Attorney Matt Leatherman, who serves on the Pender County Board of Commissioners. Local elections are held regularly in Garland, with residents voting for candidates running for local offices such as Mayor and Town Commissioner. The local government works to serve the needs of the community through initiatives such as infrastructure updates and economic development projects. Residents of Garland take an active role in shaping their community's future through town meetings and local elections.
The political climate in Garland, NC is moderately conservative.
Sampson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Sampson County, NC 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sampson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 38.3%.
Sampson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garland, NC is moderately conservative.
Sampson County, North Carolina is moderately 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.
Garland, 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 Garland, NC
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 2 contributions totaling $280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)