Gibson, NC is a small town with a population of about 5,000 people. It has a vibrant local political scene, with plenty of involvement from the community. Every election season, the town sees several local candidates vying for positions in city and county governments. Residents can often be seen gathering to discuss their political views and opinions, as well as their thoughts on candidates' platforms. Local elections are always hotly contested and debates over key points take place in newspapers and on social media. For those looking to be involved in local politics, Gibson is the perfect place to get started.
The political climate in Gibson, NC is leaning conservative.
Scotland County, NC is leaning conservative. In Scotland County, NC 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scotland county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.6% to 48.6%.
Scotland county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gibson, NC is leaning conservative.
Scotland County, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Laurinburg 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.
Gibson, North Carolina: D D D D d 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 Gibson, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $92 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)