Currituck County is located on the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina, and is a major tourist destination. It is home to a diverse population, including many retirees and young professionals. Politically, Currituck County is part of the 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which has been represented by Republican Congresswoman Renee Ellmers since 2011. On the state level, Currituck County is part of District 1 in the North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives; both chambers are currently represented by Republicans Bob Steinburg (Senate) and Bobby Hanig (House). At the county level, elections for Commissioner are held every four years with all registered voters eligible to vote. The current Board of Commissioners consists of four Republicans and one unaffiliated voter. Finally, Currituck County also elects a Sheriff as well as justices of the peace for district court criminal matters. The Sheriff has been an elected Democrat since 2010 while the justices are appointed by the Governor. Overall, politics in Currituck County leans towards conservative views and policies due to its large population of retirees and Conservative base.
The political climate in Currituck County, NC is very conservative.
In Currituck County, NC 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Currituck county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.0%.
Currituck county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Currituck County, NC is very conservative.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metro Area is moderately 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.
Currituck, 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 Currituck County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 761 contributions totaling $78,182 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 162 contributions totaling $16,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)