Scotland, NC County is located in the southeastern part of North Carolina and is known for its rural scenery and historic landmarks. Since it's founding in 1739, the county has been led by officials that seek to ensure a vibrant future for its residents. The county is governed by a board of commissioners that sets policy initiatives, enacts legislation, and ensures the community stays on track with regards to government activity. They are elected at-large by all county residents and work to create an environment where citizens have access to quality services, including education, public safety, public works, and health care. In addition to these services provided by the county government, Scotland County residents can also turn to their representatives in state government for more localized advocacy on issues that affect them most. With representatives at both the federal and state levels of government serving as their voices in Washington D.C., Scotland County residents have access to a wide range of support when it comes to matters of public policy.
The political climate in Scotland County, NC is leaning conservative.
In Scotland County, NC 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scotland county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.6% to 48.6%.
Scotland county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scotland County, NC is leaning conservative.
Laurinburg 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.
Scotland, North Carolina: D D D D d 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 Scotland County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 463 contributions totaling $18,519 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $59,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)