Myrtle Grove, NC is a small town in eastern North Carolina that is part of the greater Wilmington metropolitan area. The town is governed by a mayor and four members of the Town Council, who are elected every two years. The Town Council is responsible for establishing laws and regulations for the citizens of Myrtle Grove, such as zoning laws, taxes, and public safety measures. All local elections are open to all citizens over the age of 18 who reside in Myrtle Grove. This ensures that all citizens have an equal say in the governing processes of their town. Local politics in Myrtle Grove focuses on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and public services. The Town Council works to ensure that the citizens are provided with essential services like water, sewer, roads, garbage collection, and more. They also strive to promote economic development opportunities for businesses and residents alike through incentives for new businesses and job creation programs.
The political climate in Myrtle Grove, NC is leaning conservative.
New Hanover County, NC is leaning liberal. In New Hanover County, NC 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Hanover county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.0%.
New Hanover county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Myrtle Grove, NC is leaning conservative.
New Hanover County, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Wilmington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Myrtle Grove, North Carolina: R R r r r 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 Myrtle Grove, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,958 contributions totaling $679,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,188 contributions totaling $778,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)