The politics of Pineville, NC are heavily influenced by local and state governments. The City Council consists of 6 members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The Mayor is also elected and serves a four-year term. Issues that the City Council regularly address are related to infrastructure, economic development, public safety, housing, parks and recreation, and public works. Every year the city holds elections for Mayor and other positions on the Board of Aldermen. Candidates for these offices come from many different backgrounds and points of view, allowing citizens to make their voice heard in the political process. In addition to local government officials, Pineville is also represented at the state level by three senators and one representative in the North Carolina General Assembly. This representation helps ensure that Pineville’s interests are well represented in Raleigh.
The political climate in Pineville, NC is strongly liberal.
Mecklenburg County, NC is very liberal. In Mecklenburg County, NC 66.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mecklenburg county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.7% to 31.6%.
Mecklenburg county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pineville, NC is strongly liberal.
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is very liberal.
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pineville, North Carolina: r 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 Pineville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,989 contributions totaling $1,534,939 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,748 contributions totaling $1,470,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $535 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)