Chocowinity, NC is a small town that is home to a diverse range of political ideologies. Located in Beaufort County, Chocowinity has two representatives on the county’s Board of Commissioners who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the county. Those two representatives are currently Matt Foster and Gary Brinn. Both Foster and Brinn have been involved with politics in Chocowinity for many years, and they both strive to bring an informed perspective to the board when it comes to policy making decisions. In addition to the Board of Commissioners, Chocowinity residents also elect a mayor every four years. The current mayor is John Kagler, who was elected in 2020. Mayor Kagler has made it his mission to improve the quality of life for all Chocowinity residents by focusing on economic development, public safety, and enhancing recreational opportunities throughout the town.
The political climate in Chocowinity, NC is moderately conservative.
Beaufort County, NC is strongly conservative. In Beaufort County, NC 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaufort county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.5% to 36.6%.
Beaufort county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chocowinity, NC is moderately conservative.
Beaufort County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Washington Metro Area is strongly 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.
Chocowinity, 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 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 Chocowinity, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $3,101 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $29,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $566 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)