Pitt County is a vibrant and diverse political region, located in North Carolina. The county has a population of nearly 175,000 inhabitants, with over 90% identifying as White or African-American. Pitt County residents are represented by several local political candidates across the spectrum. There are currently four members of the Board of County Commissioners who are all elected for four-year terms - these commissioners are responsible for setting county tax rates and approving budgets. Other elected officials include seven members of the Pitt County School Board, State Representatives and Senators from North Carolina's 7th congressional district, and one United States Congressman representing North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District. The local political landscape is diverse and ever-changing, as residents continually assess their options when voting in elections.
The political climate in Pitt County, NC is somewhat liberal.
In Pitt County, NC 54.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pitt county remained moderately Democratic, 54.0% to 44.5%.
Pitt county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pitt County, NC is somewhat liberal.
Greenville Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Pitt, North Carolina: r r d d d d
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 Pitt County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,382 contributions totaling $314,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,565 contributions totaling $565,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)