Greenville, NC is a small town with a population of around 90,000 people. It is located in the eastern part of North Carolina and has a rich political history. Local politics in Greenville are steered by several local candidates who are running for office at the state and local level. These include Mayor P.J. Connelly, City Council Members Trinity Smith, Robert Johnson and Wallace Croom, County Commissioner Vernon Friend, County School Board Member Patricia Gaylord, and State Representative Harry Mitchell. Each candidate brings different perspectives to the table, from addressing police reform to encouraging economic development and creating jobs for the community. Each candidate has their own platforms that they have created over the years to ensure that Greenville remains vibrant and prosperous in the future.
The political climate in Zip 27834 (Greenville, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Pitt County, NC is somewhat liberal. In Pitt County, NC 54.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pitt county remained moderately Democratic, 54.0% to 44.5%.
Pitt county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27834 (Greenville, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Greenville, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Pitt County, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Greenville 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.
Greenville, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 27834 (Greenville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,260 contributions totaling $69,486 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $74,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)