The Laurinburg, NC Metro Area is a vibrant community with a rich political history. The area has had numerous city council members and local government officials serve the citizens of the city for many years. There have been many initiatives undertaken by the local government to improve the quality of life for residents of the Laurinburg area. Despite these efforts, there are still areas where residents would like to see more progress in terms of policy initiatives and public services. Local political candidates have campaigned on issues such as education reform, public safety, economic growth, infrastructure improvements and job creation which all speak to the needs and wants of the people living in Laurinburg. As the election season approaches, it will be interesting to see how local politicians respond to citizen concerns and take action to make their vision a reality.
The political climate in Laurinburg Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Laurinburg Metro Area 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, the Laurinburg metro area flipped slightly Republican, 50.6% to 48.6%.
The Laurinburg metro area flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Laurinburg, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Laurinburg Metro Area
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)