Pender County, North Carolina is a rural area located in the southeast corner of the state. Politically, the county is primarily Republican-leaning but has recently seen an increase in Democratic support. The majority of the local government is made up of conservative Republicans, with a few exceptions. Pender County currently has 3 elected commissioners and a board of education that oversees educational matters for the county. In addition to their local representatives, residents of Pender County also vote in statewide elections for North Carolina’s Governor, Attorney General, and other positions. Recent elections have been close contests with both parties vying for control of the local government. Residents are passionate about their political views and often come out in strong numbers during election season to support their candidates and issues they feel strongly about.
The political climate in 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
Pender County, NC 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.
Pender, 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 Pender County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,392 contributions totaling $59,967 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 484 contributions totaling $71,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)