Southern Pines, NC is a small but vibrant town in North Carolina's Sandhills region. Politically, the town is largely Democratic and serves as an important part of Moore County’s 4th Congressional District. At the local level, Southern Pines residents can vote for three members of the Board of Commissioners and two members of the City Council. All five are elected to serve four year terms. The town also has a mayor who serves as the leader of the municipal government. Each officeholder is actively involved in improving the quality of life for all residents and works to promote economic development within Southern Pines. With its strong Democratic majority, Southern Pines is widely recognized as an active participant in North Carolina politics.
The political climate in Southern Pines, NC is somewhat conservative.
Moore County, NC is strongly conservative. In Moore County, NC 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.6%.
Moore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Southern Pines, NC is somewhat conservative.
Moore County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Pinehurst-Southern Pines 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.
Southern Pines, 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 Southern Pines, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,700 contributions totaling $1,023,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,010 contributions totaling $4,019,689 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $669 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)