Richlands is a small town in North Carolina with a population of around 3,500 people. The town's mayor is currently David Ivey, who was elected to his current position in 2017. Richlands has a city council consisting of five members and works to serve the citizens of Richlands through various initiatives such as maintaining public safety, promoting economic development, and ensuring that public works are properly maintained. The mayor leads the efforts of the city council and works together with the other members to create effective policies that benefit all citizens. In addition to local politics, Richlands is part of Onslow County which provides additional legislative representation at both the county and state level. While there are no local political candidates running at this time, residents may participate in local political events or vote in elections for their representatives serving on higher levels of government.
The political climate in Richlands, NC is moderately conservative.
Onslow County, NC is strongly conservative. In Onslow County, NC 33.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Onslow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.6%.
Onslow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richlands, NC is moderately conservative.
Onslow County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Jacksonville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Richlands, 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 Richlands, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 106 contributions totaling $2,405 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $11,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)