The small town of Pinetops, NC, located in Edgecombe County, is an active political hub. With a population of approximately 2,200 people, the citizens of Pinetops take part in local and state politics. Although there are currently no local political candidates running for office, the citizens stay informed on the latest goings-on in their community. The people are passionate about their beliefs and use their voices to take action when it comes to public policy matters that affect them. In recent years, there have been a number of initiatives undertaken to improve the quality of life in Pinetops such as increasing access to quality health care services and establishing better infrastructure. The people of Pinetops are determined to make sure their voices are heard on important issues facing their community and demonstrate that they can make a difference through active participation in local and state politics.
The political climate in Zip 27864 (Pinetops, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Edgecombe County, NC is strongly liberal. In Edgecombe County, NC 63.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edgecombe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.2% to 36.1%.
Edgecombe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27864 (Pinetops, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Pinetops, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Edgecombe County, North Carolina is strongly liberal.
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.
Pinetops, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 27864 (Pinetops)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $17,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,365 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)