Laurinburg, NC is a small town in North Carolina located in Scotland County. It's a small community that places a lot of importance on politics and local government. Due to its small size, Laurinburg has only one representative in the North Carolina General Assembly and two representatives in the US House of Representatives. The citizens of Laurinburg take their right to vote seriously, and they show up for elections in large numbers because they understand the importance of participating in the political process. The people of Laurinburg prioritize local issues when it comes to choosing who will represent them in government, and they closely monitor any activity that could affect their daily lives. Political candidates must be aware of this attitude if they wish to succeed during elections, as local issues are an important aspect for voters.
The political climate in Laurinburg, NC is leaning liberal.
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
Laurinburg, NC is leaning liberal.
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.
Laurinburg, 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 Laurinburg, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 770 contributions totaling $29,512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $107,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $606 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)