Pine Knoll Shores, NC is an idyllic town nestled on the Crystal Coast of North Carolina. With its beautiful beaches and serene atmosphere, it's a popular destination for vacationers and locals alike. Politically, the town is represented by a mayor-council form of government as required by state law. The current Mayor of Pine Knoll Shores is Mark Chambers, who was first elected in 2017. In addition to the Mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, five members of the Town Council are also elected – three from Ward One, two from Ward Two – each serving four-year terms. These representatives are responsible for managing the town’s budget and making decisions about local issues that affect the citizens of Pine Knoll Shores. Beyond that, there are other elected officials like county commissioners who represent Pine Knoll Shores at a regional level, helping to make sure that local needs are met within the larger context of Carteret County politics.
The political climate in Pine Knoll Shores, NC is strongly conservative.
Carteret County, NC is very conservative. In Carteret County, NC 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carteret county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.3%.
Carteret county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Knoll Shores, NC is strongly conservative.
Carteret County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Morehead City Metro Area is very 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.
Pine Knoll Shores, 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 Pine Knoll Shores, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 223 contributions totaling $11,501 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $14,022 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)