Mount Olive leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Mount Olive typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Olive, ~26% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Olive compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Olive leans more Republican than 16 of 54 neighbors.
Mount Olive runs about 13 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mount Olive. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+17) and the south side runs the most Republican (R+48), a spread of about 66 points.
Why Mount Olive leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Mount Olive, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Mount Olive votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 23%, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Non-English at home and voter turnout
Places with a low non-English-at-home share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mount Olive, NC sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Mount Olive looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mount Olive is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Calypso, NC R+47
- Faison, NC R+16
- Friendship, NC R+45
- Hopewell, NC R+27
- Bowdens, NC D+4
- Giddensville, NC R+22
- Suttontown, NC R+35
- Poplar Grove, NC R+16
- Warsaw, NC D+8
- Dudley, NC D+5
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sausalito, CA D+59
- Mena, AR R+60
- Wimberley, TX R+30
- Tuckahoe, NY D+13
- Waverly, IA R+13
- Ellettsville, IN R+14
- Redland, MD D+47
- Scappoose, OR R+10
- Catoosa, OK R+40
- Sierra Madre, CA D+30
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Carolina State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.