Greene County, North Carolina is a rural county located in the eastern part of the state. It is known for its strong agricultural presence and unique history. The county has a variety of small businesses and is home to several cultural organizations. In terms of politics, Greene County leans heavily conservative and local elections generally involve candidates from the Democratic Party and Republican Party. While campaigning in Greene County, candidates focus on issues such as lowering taxes, improving public education, creating jobs, and protecting natural resources. Local elections also feature plenty of debates between the various political candidates about important issues facing Greene County residents.
The political climate in 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
Greene County, NC is somewhat 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.
Greene, 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 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 Greene County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $2,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $10,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)