Swan Quarter is a small town located in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Despite its size, Swan Quarter is actively engaged in politics at the local and state level. Currently, there are several different candidates running for office in the town of Swan Quarter, ranging from mayor to city council members. Most of these candidates are local people who have grown up in Swan Quarter or have moved to the area and have become active in local politics. They strive to represent their constituents by focusing on issues that matter to the community, such as improving education, creating jobs, and preserving natural resources. Overall, Swan Quarter is an engaged community with passionate representatives fighting for what they believe in.
The political climate in Swan Quarter, NC is somewhat conservative.
Hyde County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Hyde County, NC 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hyde county remained strongly Republican, 56.9% to 42.0%.
Hyde county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Swan Quarter, NC is somewhat conservative.
Hyde County, North Carolina is somewhat 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.
Swan Quarter, North Carolina: r r d 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 Swan Quarter, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $4,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)