Tar Heel, NC is an interesting city with a vibrant political landscape. Every election brings out many different candidates, representing a wide range of views in local politics. From the Mayor to the City Council, Tar Heel residents have the opportunity to choose representatives who will represent their interests and make decisions that impact their lives. Issues such as taxes, infrastructure spending, education reform and crime prevention are topics of hot debate every election season. With so much at stake, it's no wonder that Tar Heel citizens take their voting rights seriously and are passionate about making sure they have a voice when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Tar Heel, NC is somewhat conservative.
Bladen County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Bladen County, NC 42.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bladen county remained strongly Republican, 56.5% to 42.8%.
Bladen county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tar Heel, NC is somewhat conservative.
Bladen County, North Carolina is somewhat 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.
Tar Heel, North Carolina: d r 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 Tar Heel, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)