Pleasant View leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Pleasant View typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant View, ~20% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant View compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant View leans more Republican than 14 of 19 neighbors.
Pleasant View runs about 37 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pleasant View. The north side runs the most Democratic (Even) and the west side runs the most Republican (R+41), a spread of about 42 points.
Why Pleasant View 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 Pleasant View, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Pleasant View live in densely developed areas, about 25 points below the North Carolina average of 27%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Pleasant View, NC sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pleasant View looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in Pleasant View have completed high school, about 9 points above the North Carolina average of 88%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Pleasant View sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Pleasant View own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Columbia, NC D+3
- New Lands, NC R+41
- River Neck, NC D+4
- Travis, NC R+10
- Soundside, NC D+4
- Goat Neck, NC D+4
- Creswell, NC R+24
- Gum Neck, NC R+41
- Mount Tabor, NC R+22
- Buffalo City, NC R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Kensington, SC R+13
- Napoli, NY R+47
- Fairfield, FL R+37
- Wardville, LA R+84
- Gilead, IN R+65
- Surprise, NY R+28
- Plad, MO R+71
- Kranzburg, SD R+56
- Scotland, NH R+16
- Harris, NY R+15
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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.