Richmond County, NC is a vibrant county located in the southeastern corner of North Carolina. It provides its citizens with access to great public schools, parks, and community services. Politically, Richmond County is a largely Democratic-leaning county that has gone for the Democratic candidate in the last three presidential elections. The current mayor of Richmond County is Kenneth Robinette, who has served since 2014. In addition to the mayor's office, there are also five commissioners that serve on the county board. These commissioners are responsible for setting county policies and making decisions about the budget and other issues facing local residents. The commissioners are elected by the citizens of Richmond County every two years, and each commissioner represents one or more townships or districts within the county. Currently, two out of five commissioners are Democrats and three out of five are Republicans. This mix of political representation reflects the general political leanings of most Richmond County residents.
The political climate in Richmond County, NC is somewhat conservative.
In Richmond County, NC 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richmond county remained strongly Republican, 57.0% to 42.2%.
Richmond county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond County, NC is somewhat conservative.
Rockingham 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.
Richmond, North Carolina: D d d d 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 Richmond County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $22,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $25,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)