Southern Shores, NC is a town rich in political history. Located in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the town is governed by a five-member Town Council that meets on the first and third Monday of each month. The Town Council sets local policies, approves budgets, laws, and ordinances while also acting as liaisons between local businesses and residents. Each year, residents are invited to participate in the Town's annual elections to choose their representatives for Town Council. Candidates must meet certain requirements to be eligible to run for office and be selected by the public. In addition to local candidates, there are numerous state-level candidates running for office in Southern Shores each year. These candidates have a wide range of backgrounds and experiences that can help shape the future of the community. The people of Southern Shores take an active role in politics - from participating in elections to attending council meetings - to ensure they have the best possible representation for their interests.
The political climate in Southern Shores, NC is somewhat conservative.
Dare County, NC is moderately conservative. In Dare County, NC 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dare county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.0%.
Dare county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Southern Shores, NC is somewhat conservative.
Dare County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Kill Devil Hills Metro Area is moderately 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.
Southern Shores, 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 Southern Shores, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 606 contributions totaling $77,929 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $55,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)