The small town of Potters Hill, NC is home to a population of roughly 8,500 people who care deeply about their politics. Despite its size, Potters Hill has a vibrant political scene that is driven by local candidates and activists. Every election cycle, the race for Mayor and city council seats are highly contested as citizens come out in droves to have their voices heard. The current Mayor is John Smith and he has been in office since 2016. He focuses on the issues that matter to the residents of Potters Hill such as improving public services and maintaining an affordable cost of living. In addition to the Mayor, there are 7 city council members who each bring different perspectives on how best to serve the community. Other local political figures include members from various party committees and organizations whose mission is to ensure that everyone's voice is represented in government decision-making processes.
The political climate in Potters Hill, NC is moderately conservative.
Duplin County, NC is moderately conservative. In Duplin County, NC 38.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Duplin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.6%.
Duplin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Potters Hill, NC is moderately conservative.
Duplin 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.
Potters Hill, 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 Potters Hill, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $22,586 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)