Speed, NC is a small town located in central North Carolina. Although the population of Speed is relatively small, it has had an active political life. Local elections are held every two years, and candidates come from both major parties to vie for seats on the town council. These candidates often address important issues such as public safety, taxes and infrastructure, and they seek to create meaningful solutions that would benefit the community as a whole. While the politics in Speed are typically quite civil, there can be heated debates between the candidates during election time. Overall, Speed's political atmosphere exemplifies civility and respect as local residents work together to make their community better.
The political climate in Speed, 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
Speed, 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.
Speed, 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 Speed, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $12,356 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $80,716 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)