The town of Pinetops, NC is a small, rural community located in the eastern part of the state. Politically, Pinetops is a largely conservative area with many voters who are passionate about their beliefs and values. Local elections in Pinetops tend to be highly contested as candidates vie for the support of the electorate. Issues such as public safety, education, economic development and community pride are all important topics that come up during local election campaigns. Here in Pinetops, citizens take an active role in shaping their political landscape by taking part in debates and making their voices heard at the polls on election day.
The political climate in Pinetops, NC is somewhat liberal.
Edgecombe County, NC is strongly liberal. In Edgecombe County, NC 63.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edgecombe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.2% to 36.1%.
Edgecombe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pinetops, NC is somewhat liberal.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina is strongly liberal.
Rocky Mount Metro Area 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.
Pinetops, 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 Pinetops, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $17,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,365 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)