The politics of Poplar Branch, NC (27965) are reflective of the diverse views and opinions across the state. Most people in the area tend to be politically conservative, supporting Republican candidates for local and national offices. The town is represented in Congress by Congressman G.K. Butterfield, who is a Democrat, demonstrating the diversity of political views in the district. Local elections often feature multiple candidates from both major political parties competing for a variety of positions including school board members, commissioners, sheriffs and mayors. In addition to party affiliation considerations, other issues such as infrastructure improvement and economic development are important factors when it comes to deciding how to cast votes on Election Day. Despite differences in opinion on certain topics, the citizens of Poplar Branch remain committed to working together towards creating a better future for their community.
The political climate in Zip 27965 (Poplar Branch, NC) is very conservative.
Currituck County, NC is very conservative. In Currituck County, NC 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Currituck county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.0%.
Currituck county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27965 (Poplar Branch, NC) is very conservative.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina is very conservative.
Currituck County, North Carolina is very conservative.
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News 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.
Poplar Branch, North Carolina: R R R R R 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 27965 (Poplar Branch)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)