Simpson, NC is a small town located in the southwestern part of the state. It is an area with a tight-knit community, and politics are an important part of life in Simpson. The town has a mayor and several town council members that are elected every two years to represent the citizens of Simpson. These representatives work hard to ensure that their constituents' needs are being met and that there is a balance between local economic growth and preserving the environmental integrity of the region. Local residents often gather at meetings and rallies to discuss important political issues and keep abreast of changes taking place in their community and beyond.
The political climate in Simpson, NC is leaning conservative.
Pitt County, NC is somewhat liberal. In Pitt County, NC 54.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pitt county remained moderately Democratic, 54.0% to 44.5%.
Pitt county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Simpson, NC is leaning conservative.
Pitt County, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Greenville 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.
Simpson, North Carolina: r r 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 Simpson, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,626 contributions totaling $185,255 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 783 contributions totaling $384,742 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $491 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)