East Rockingham, NC is a small town located in North Carolina with a population of about 2,000 people. Although it’s relatively small, East Rockingham has its own thriving political culture. The politics of the town are determined by the local elections held every two years where residents of East Rockingham can vote for their favored candidates. These candidates run on issues that resonate with the citizens of the town like providing more funding for schools, creating jobs and infrastructure improvements. The current mayor is Dan Smith who was elected four years ago and is running for re-election this year against his opponent John Davis. Both have been campaigning hard to get their messages out to the voters in order to win over their support. Elections in East Rockingham often draw active participation and intense debate from all sides as citizens come together to discuss local issues and be heard on their views.
The political climate in East Rockingham, NC is leaning conservative.
Richmond County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Richmond County, NC 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richmond county remained strongly Republican, 57.0% to 42.2%.
Richmond county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Rockingham, NC is leaning conservative.
Richmond County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Rockingham Metro Area is somewhat 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.
East Rockingham, North Carolina: D d d d 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 East Rockingham, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $14,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $11,166 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)