River Bend, NC is a small town located in the southern United States. With a population of around 10,000 people, it is a tight-knit community with an emphasis on local politics. Citizens of River Bend have a strong sense of pride for their town and take great care to ensure that its needs are met. Recently several local political candidates have initiated campaigns for mayor and city council positions on the ballot in 2021. The citizens of River Bend are looking forward to electing leaders that will represent their interests and values while preserving the integrity of their hometown. With high voter turnout predicted for the upcoming election, River Bend’s residents are proving once more that they are invested in the future of their town.
The political climate in River Bend, NC is somewhat conservative.
Craven County, NC is moderately conservative. In Craven County, NC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Craven county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.9%.
Craven county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
River Bend, NC is somewhat conservative.
Craven County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
New Bern 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.
River Bend, 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 River Bend, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 696 contributions totaling $76,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 821 contributions totaling $280,169 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)