Creswell, NC is a small town located in the central part of North Carolina. Although its population is not large, the citizens of Creswell are very involved in their local politics. Many of them take part in town meetings and vote in local elections to make sure their voices are heard. The current mayor of Creswell is Mayor Joe Smith, who has held office for over 15 years now. Other local political candidates include Ted Johnson and Todd Henderson, who have been running for different positions within the city government. The people of Creswell also have many opportunities to be involved in grassroots campaigns and initiatives that can make a real difference in their community.
The political climate in Creswell, NC is leaning conservative.
Washington County, NC is somewhat liberal. In Washington County, NC 54.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained moderately Democratic, 54.7% to 44.8%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Creswell, NC is leaning conservative.
Washington County, North Carolina is somewhat 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.
Creswell, North Carolina: D d 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 Creswell, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $3,847 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $665 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)