The politics of Clinton, NC are driven by the local community and their values. The city is located in Sampson County, which is governed by a Board of Commissioners and Mayor. As with many communities, the local government focuses on providing for the basic needs of its citizens including quality education, public safety services, and economic development. They strive to create strong partnerships between residents and businesses to improve the quality of life in Clinton. Additionally, they actively work to provide resources to members of the community who may be underserved or have special needs. Community members are encouraged to become involved in politics either through voting or by engaging with their local representatives. This helps to ensure that each representative is making decisions that reflect the wishes of their constituents. Ultimately, the political landscape in Clinton is shaped by its citizens who come together for collective progress.
The political climate in Clinton, NC is somewhat conservative.
Sampson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Sampson County, NC 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sampson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 38.3%.
Sampson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clinton, NC is somewhat conservative.
Sampson 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.
Clinton, 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 Clinton, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 248 contributions totaling $28,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 384 contributions totaling $372,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $971 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)