Nashville, North Carolina is a town with a population of approximately 5,500 people. It lies in the beautiful coastal plains region of eastern North Carolina and is known for its quiet small-town charm. The politics of Nashville are largely driven by the local government, which consists of an elected mayor and five members of the town council. The mayor and council operate on behalf of the citizens to ensure that Nashville remains a wonderful place to live. They strive to maintain a safe and healthy community through sound fiscal management and effective policy making decisions. Local political candidates running for office must be responsive to their constituents, understand the needs of their community, and be committed to helping Nashville remain an ideal place to work, raise families, attend school, and enjoy leisure activities.
The political climate in Nashville, NC is leaning liberal.
Nash County, NC is leaning liberal. In Nash County, NC 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nash county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 49.4%.
Nash county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nashville, NC is leaning liberal.
Nash County, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Rocky Mount 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.
Nashville, North Carolina: R R r d 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 Nashville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 893 contributions totaling $71,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 467 contributions totaling $167,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)