Fayetteville, NC is a diverse and vibrant community located in Cumberland County. Although the city has a relatively small population of around 210,000, it plays an important role in North Carolina politics. With local representatives serving on state and federal levels, Fayetteville residents have opportunities to get involved in the political process. On the local level, Fayetteville residents can voice their opinions through participating in City Council meetings or voting for the mayor and other municipal positions during elections. At the state level, Fayetteville is represented by two members of Congress who work to ensure that local issues are heard in Raleigh. Additionally, at the federal level Fayetteville is represented by one senator and one representative who focus on laws that affect all North Carolinians. Overall, politics play an important role in Fayetteville and residents have many opportunities to get involved to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Fayetteville, NC is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, NC is moderately liberal. In Cumberland County, NC 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 40.8%.
Cumberland county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fayetteville, NC is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, North Carolina is moderately liberal.
Fayetteville 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.
Fayetteville, North Carolina: d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fayetteville, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,054 contributions totaling $815,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,398 contributions totaling $2,126,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $394 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)