Fairfield Harbour, NC is a small community located in the eastern part of North Carolina. It is largely residential, with a few businesses and amenities available nearby. The politics in Fairfield Harbour are largely driven by local issues such as crime rates, infrastructure improvements, education standards and taxation policies. Residents of the area take great pride in their town and voice their opinions on these topics through local government meetings and voting on matters that affect the community. In the 2019 election for mayor, three candidates competed for the open seat: Vern Davenport, Charles Brown and John Woods. Each candidate had unique ideas and experiences to bring to the table making it a very close race that ultimately ended with Vern Davenport winning by a slim margin. Residents of Fairfield Harbour take part in regular elections for local offices such as mayor, council members and school board members to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to deciding how their town should be run.
The political climate in Fairfield Harbour, NC is moderately 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
Fairfield Harbour, NC is moderately 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.
Fairfield Harbour, 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 Fairfield Harbour, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,102 contributions totaling $52,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $45,068 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)