Carteret County, NC is an area that is governed by local elected officials. The county government consists of a Board of Commissioners, as well as a Sheriff and other appointed offices in the county. The Board of Commissioners oversees the budget for all departments and enacts county laws. The Sheriff's Department is responsible for enforcing these rules, as well as providing public safety services to the residents of Carteret County. The county also has many elected officials at the state level who are responsible for representing Carteret County and their constituents in state government. These individuals work together to ensure that all citizens of Carteret County have access to quality services and resources, which include education, healthcare, infrastructure, housing, etc. All citizens should take part in local elections so they can be sure their voices are heard and their interests are represented.
The political climate in Carteret County, NC is very conservative.
In Carteret County, NC 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carteret county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.3%.
Carteret county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carteret County, NC is very conservative.
Morehead City Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Carteret, 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 Carteret County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,222 contributions totaling $201,406 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 968 contributions totaling $239,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)