Kenansville, North Carolina is a small town in Duplin County. It is known for its close-knit community and strong sense of pride in local government. The town is governed by a Mayor and four Town Council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. In addition, the town has several volunteer boards and committees that provide services and assistance to the people of Kenansville. These include the Planning Board, Parks & Recreation Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, and Historic Properties Commission. There is also a Public Works Department that helps to maintain the roads and infrastructure in town.
The citizens of Kenansville have a strong interest in their local politics. They take great pride in electing leaders that they trust to represent them at the local level on issues that affect their daily lives. Each election year sees a great turnout of voters eager to cast their ballot for candidates running for office. Everyone in town takes part in making sure that their voices are heard through attending meetings, participating in discussions, and staying informed about current events related to local politics.
The political climate in Kenansville, NC is somewhat conservative.
Duplin County, NC is moderately conservative. In Duplin County, NC 38.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Duplin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.6%.
Duplin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kenansville, NC is somewhat conservative.
Duplin County, North Carolina is moderately 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.
Kenansville, 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 Kenansville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $5,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $656 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)