River Road, NC is a small rural town located in the eastern part of the state. Although it is small in size, River Road has a vibrant political climate with many active local politicians. The residents of River Road are represented by a variety of political parties and ideologies. Local elections often see tight races between candidates from both major parties and their respective independents. During election season, debates, rallies and other events take place throughout the town to inform voters and allow them to decide which candidate will best represent their interests in government. Everyone in River Road takes their politics seriously, and voter turnout for local elections is always high.
The political climate in River Road, NC is somewhat conservative.
Beaufort County, NC is strongly conservative. In Beaufort County, NC 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaufort county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.6%.
Beaufort county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
River Road, NC is somewhat conservative.
Beaufort County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Washington Metro Area is strongly 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.
River Road, 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 River Road, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 246 contributions totaling $55,467 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $34,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)