Watha, North Carolina is a small town located in Pender County. The town is home to a diverse population that offers its residents numerous opportunities for civic engagement and political involvement. With a population of just over 1,000 people, Watha has a small but active political scene. Local politics are often dominated by issues related to education, public safety, infrastructure improvement and economic development. The Town Council consists of seven members who are elected from the community on an at-large basis for three-year terms. Candidates from both major political parties compete for the positions of mayor and council members. In addition to Town Council elections, Watha is part of Pender County which also holds county-wide elections for key positions such as Sheriff and Commissioner of Agriculture. Watha residents take an active interest in local politics and are passionate about making sure that their voices are heard during election season.
The political climate in Watha, NC is strongly conservative.
Pender County, NC is strongly conservative. In Pender County, NC 34.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pender county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.3%.
Pender county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Watha, NC is strongly conservative.
Pender County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Wilmington Metro Area is leaning 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.
Watha, 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 Watha, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)