New Bern, NC is a vibrant and welcoming community located in Eastern North Carolina. It has a rich history and culture that stretches back to the 1700s when it was founded by Swiss and German immigrants. In modern times, New Bern is a great place to live and work, with plenty of activities for both visitors and locals alike. On the political front, New Bern has seen its share of changes over the years. It is currently represented in Congress by two members of the Republican Party as well as one from the Democratic Party. The mayor of New Bern is also an active member of the Democratic Party. At the state level, New Bern is represented by one Senator and four Representatives all belonging to either the Republican or Democratic Parties. With such an even spread of political representation throughout New Bern, citizens can be sure that their voices will be heard when it comes time to cast their vote on important issues facing the city.
The political climate in New Bern, NC is leaning conservative.
Craven County, NC is moderately conservative. In Craven County, NC 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Craven county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.9%.
Craven county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Bern, NC is leaning conservative.
Craven County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
New Bern Metro Area is moderately 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.
New Bern, 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 New Bern, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,698 contributions totaling $308,259 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,602 contributions totaling $695,542 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)