Greenville, North Carolina is the home of East Carolina University and is known for its vibrant cultural life. Its politics are no exception to this, as the city has a history of passionate and diverse political discourse. The Greenville City Council is composed of six members from different wards who work together to set policies and priorities for the city. The Mayor presides over council meetings and serves as a representative of Greenville to other communities. Local elections take place every four years in November and provide citizens with the opportunity to express their opinions on key issues facing Greenville. In addition to the local elections, residents also have a say in state-wide initiatives that affect their county, such as the upcoming redistricting process. All throughout the year, community members gather for debates on current events to discuss policy changes that could impact Greenville's future. With so many voices making their own perspectives heard, politics in Greenville are alive and well.
The political climate in Greenville, NC is somewhat liberal.
Pitt County, NC is somewhat liberal. In Pitt County, NC 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, Pitt county remained moderately Democratic, 54.0% to 44.5%.
Pitt county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenville, NC is somewhat liberal.
Pitt County, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
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 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 Greenville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,093 contributions totaling $1,043,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,378 contributions totaling $1,659,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)