Porters Neck, NC is a small community located in New Hanover County. It has a tight-knit atmosphere that is focused on preserving and maintaining the local culture. While Porters Neck does not have any elected representatives in the state or federal government, it does have active engagement in local politics. Community members regularly attend Town Council meetings to discuss issues related to economic development, public safety, and other matters that affect the local population. Additionally, civic organizations such as homeowners' associations are actively involved in advocating for changes at the municipal level. Overall, Porters Neck is an engaged community that takes its political responsibilities seriously and works together to ensure its future prosperity.
The political climate in Porters Neck, NC is leaning conservative.
New Hanover County, NC is leaning liberal. In New Hanover County, NC 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Hanover county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 48.0%.
New Hanover county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Porters Neck, NC is leaning conservative.
New Hanover County, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Wilmington 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.
Porters Neck, North Carolina: R R r r r 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 Porters Neck, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,129 contributions totaling $125,352 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 487 contributions totaling $228,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $470 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)