The Rocky Mount Metro Area is an area of North Carolina that is known for its political diversity. The area is home to a mix of Republican, Democratic, and Independent voters. There are numerous local elected officials who represent the various communities in the area, including city council members, county commissioners, school board members, and representatives in the state legislature. These elected officials all bring unique perspectives and values to their roles as they work together to create and implement policies that will best serve the citizens of the Rocky Mount Metro Area. In addition to these elected representatives, there are also a number of local political organizations that actively promote civic engagement by encouraging citizens to get involved in their local governments. Through this type of engagement, citizens are able to have a voice in their government and ensure that they have a say in how their community is managed.
The political climate in Rocky Mount Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Rocky Mount Metro Area 54.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Rocky Mount metro area remained moderately Democratic, 54.4% to 44.8%.
The Rocky Mount metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rocky Mount Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Rocky Mount, North Carolina: r r 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 Rocky Mount Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,747 contributions totaling $186,671 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 909 contributions totaling $396,566 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $436 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)