Martin County is a small county situated in North Carolina. It has a long and proud history of political involvement, with many local residents taking an active role in their community’s politics. Martin County is part of the Republican-dominated District 6 in North Carolina, which includes both rural and urban areas. The current representative for District 6 is Representative Greg Murphy, who was elected in 2018 and serves as Co-Chair of the House Appropriations Committee. In addition to Rep. Murphy, there are several other representatives at the local level who are involved in Martin County’s politics, including state representatives Beverly Boswell and Bob Steinburg, as well as senator Don Davis and commissioner Joe Tolson. All of these individuals work closely together to ensure that the needs of Martin County’s citizens are heard and addressed by their government.
The political climate in Martin County, NC is leaning conservative.
In Martin County, NC 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Martin county remained Republican, 52.1% to 47.1%.
Martin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Martin County, NC is leaning conservative.
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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.
Martin, North Carolina: d r d d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Martin County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $17,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $14,954 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)