Keener, NC is a small town located in the foothills of North Carolina. The town is governed by a mayor and board of commissioners who are elected by its citizens every two years. Local politics in Keener revolve around issues such as infrastructure, economic development, public safety, and education. These topics are discussed at regular town hall meetings where citizens have the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns. Political candidates must present their platforms, ideas and plans for the future of the town to gain support from local voters. There are often debates between competing candidates about how best to move the community forward. Overall, Keener provides an example of small-town politics that can be found throughout the state of North Carolina.
The political climate in Keener, 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
Keener, 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.
Keener, 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 Keener, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $14,440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $186,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $971 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)