Weldon, NC is a small town located in North Carolina. It has historically had a strong political culture with citizens engaging actively in local elections and issues. The people of Weldon believe strongly in the values of their community and work together to make decisions about its future. Every election season brings out candidates from both sides of the aisle vying for their constituents’ support. These candidates come from many different backgrounds and have varied views on how to best serve Weldon. They debate on topics such as economic development, education reform, crime reduction, healthcare access, environmental protection, and many more topics that affect the wellbeing of the townspeople. No matter who is elected, they are responsible for representing the views of the citizens of Weldon on a local level and advocating for their interests at all levels of government.
The political climate in Weldon, NC is somewhat liberal.
Halifax County, NC is moderately liberal. In Halifax County, NC 60.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Halifax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.3% to 39.1%.
Halifax county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Weldon, NC is somewhat liberal.
Halifax County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Roanoke Rapids Metro Area is moderately 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.
Weldon, North Carolina: D D D D D 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 Weldon, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $2,256 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $13,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $476 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)