Perquimans County, North Carolina is a small rural county in northeastern North Carolina. It is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners who are elected by the citizens of Perquimans County. The board members serve four year terms and make decisions on all local government matters such as law enforcement, education, health care, public safety and environmental protection. The county operates under a council-manager form of government where the board hires a county manager to oversee day-to-day operations of the county. The board also holds regular public meetings to allow citizens to voice their opinions and concerns about local issues. Each election cycle, the citizens have an opportunity to choose new representatives to serve their interests in local politics.
The political climate in Perquimans County, NC is very conservative.
In Perquimans County, NC 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perquimans county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 33.3%.
Perquimans county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Perquimans County, NC is very conservative.
Elizabeth City Metro Area 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.
Perquimans, 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 Perquimans County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 182 contributions totaling $10,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $15,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)