Rex, NC is a small town located in the eastern part of the state with a population of around 10,000 people. The local politics in Rex are dominated by the mayor and City Council, who work together to make decisions on policies and regulations that impact the everyday lives of its citizens. Every two years, citizens have the opportunity to elect their mayor and City Council members at local elections. The current Mayor of Rex is Tom Smith and the City Council consists of five members representing different wards in the city. All candidates must be active residents living within Rex’s city limits and must meet certain qualifications before filing for candidacy. The City Council works together to create city ordinances, manage routine day-to-day operations like maintenance and zoning issues, approve budgets, appoint boards and committees, as well as other tasks related to governance. Overall, Rex offers an open forum for public discourse about its political landscape and provides its townspeople with access to engage directly with their elected representatives.
The political climate in Rex, NC is somewhat conservative.
Robeson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Robeson County, NC 40.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Robeson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.9% to 40.3%.
Robeson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rex, NC is somewhat conservative.
Robeson County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Lumberton Metro Area 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.
Rex, North Carolina: D d D D 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 Rex, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $1,844 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $9,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $418 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)