The politics in the Roanoke Rapids Metro Area are mainly focused on local issues and initiatives that affect the community. The local government is led by a mayor and city council who work together to create policies that will benefit the citizens of Roanoke Rapids. Various city departments, including public works, parks and recreation, police and fire services, and economic development are all overseen by the mayor and council. Local elections are held every two years for both the mayor and city councilors. Candidates for office must be registered voters in the city limits of Roanoke Rapids and must meet certain requirements in order to run for office. Additionally, there are a variety of special interest groups that work with elected officials to lobby for issues important to them.
The political climate in Roanoke Rapids Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Roanoke Rapids Metro Area 60.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Roanoke Rapids metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.3% to 39.2%.
The Roanoke Rapids metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roanoke Rapids 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.
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina: D D D D D D
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 Roanoke Rapids Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 696 contributions totaling $37,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 338 contributions totaling $89,477 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)