St. Helena, NC is located in the state of North Carolina and is a small town with close-knit community values and an appreciation for nature. It has an active civic life that includes local volunteer efforts to keep the town beautiful, such as the clean-up of streets and parks. The citizens of St Helena also take part in politics on both a local and state level. The town is represented by its Mayor, Town Council Members, and Police Chief who all work together to ensure that the needs of their citizens are met. On a state level, St Helena is represented in the North Carolina General Assembly by Senator Richard Burr and Representatives G.K. Butterfield and Virginia Foxx. All legislators work hard to provide St Helena residents with a safe place to live, providing them with access to resources they need while ensuring their rights are protected and honored.
The political climate in St. Helena, NC is moderately conservative.
Pender County, NC is strongly conservative. In Pender County, NC 34.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pender county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 34.3%.
Pender county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Helena, NC is moderately conservative.
Pender County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
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.
St. Helena, 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 St. Helena, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 549 contributions totaling $12,947 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $9,467 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)