Politics in Walstonburg, NC are determined by the city council, which consists of five members elected for two-year terms. The mayor, who is also chosen from the city council members, is responsible for setting policy goals and overseeing implementation of those policies. The current mayor is John Smith, who has served since 2019. The city council meets monthly to discuss various topics, including budgeting and new ordinances. Additionally, the council appoints a variety of committees that focus on different aspects of running the city such as public safety and infrastructure development. Walstonburg does not have any local political candidates running this year; however, residents have the opportunity to cast their ballot in state and federal elections each November.
The political climate in Walstonburg, NC is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Greene County, NC 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained strongly Republican, 55.7% to 43.8%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walstonburg, NC is somewhat conservative.
Greene 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.
Walstonburg, 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 Walstonburg, 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 6 contributions totaling $1,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)