Wilson, NC is a small city located in Eastern North Carolina. Politically, it is home to a range of diverse opinions and perspectives coming from across the community. The city council consists of five members, all elected by the people of Wilson and tasked with representing their constituents in all local debates and decision-making processes. In addition, the mayor is also elected directly by the people of Wilson. At the state level, both North Carolina Senate and House districts include parts of Wilson, so citizens in this city are able to contribute to debates at a higher level as well. All in all, politics in this area are vibrant and active with many members of the community actively engaging in local events and discussions.
The political climate in Wilson, NC is leaning liberal.
Wilson County, NC is leaning liberal. In Wilson County, NC 50.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilson county remained Democratic, 50.9% to 48.1%.
Wilson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wilson, NC is leaning liberal.
Wilson County, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Wilson 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.
Wilson, North Carolina: r r 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 Wilson, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,111 contributions totaling $299,799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,045 contributions totaling $251,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)