The city of Roanoke Rapids, NC is located in Halifax County and is a part of North Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. With a population of 15,722 according to the US Census Bureau estimates from July 1, 2019, Roanoke Rapids is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government with local elections taking place every two years. The current mayor is Bobby Roundtree. At the state level, the town is represented by four members: State Senator Rob Jackson and Representatives Bobbie Richardson and Shelly Willingham in the NC House of representatives as well as Bill Rabon in the NC Senate. At the federal level, North Carolina's Second Congressional District is currently represented by Congresswoman GK Butterfield. Politics in 27870 Roanoke Rapids have close ties to both state and federal governments as citizens are actively engaged in decision making that affects their local community.
The political climate in Zip 27870 (Roanoke Rapids, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Halifax County, NC is moderately liberal. In Halifax County, NC 60.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Halifax county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.3% to 39.1%.
Halifax county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27870 (Roanoke Rapids, NC) is somewhat liberal.
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina is somewhat liberal.
Halifax County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 27870 (Roanoke Rapids)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 222 contributions totaling $14,664 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $11,321 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)