Tyrrell County, North Carolina is a rural county located in the northeast corner of the state. The population of Tyrrell County, as of 2019 was 6,135 people. Politically, Tyrrell county has historically been a Republican stronghold, with the majority of its residents voting for the GOP candidates in presidential elections and local races alike. Recently however, there have been rumblings that the county may be shifting to favoring Democratic candidates due to the increasing number of younger voters choosing liberal policies. Locally, Tyrrell County residents vote for representatives for their district in both the North Carolina House and Senate. These candidates come from both major political parties and have varied views on important issues facing residents today. While most citizens can agree on certain points such as improving access to quality healthcare and education, many are still divided along partisan lines when it comes to topics such as taxes and immigration reform. Regardless of political alignments though, Tyrrell County residents remain united in their commitment to ensuring their community remains a safe and economically vibrant place for all its citizens.
The political climate in Tyrrell County, NC is somewhat conservative.
In Tyrrell County, NC 41.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tyrrell county remained very strongly Republican, 57.5% to 41.7%.
Tyrrell county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tyrrell County, NC is somewhat conservative.
Kill Devil Hills Metro Area is moderately 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.
Tyrrell, North Carolina: d 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 Tyrrell County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $1,144 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $8,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)