Goldsboro, NC is a vibrant city located in Wayne County. The city has a long history of political involvement and currently is governed by the Goldsboro City Council, led by Mayor Chuck Allen. The city council consists of four members from four wards throughout the city. They are responsible for passing legislation and ordinances that will help the community as a whole. In addition to working with the City Council, there are several local organizations that serve to represent the interests of citizens living in Goldsboro. These organizations include school boards, business groups, neighborhood associations and other civic-minded groups. Each organization works diligently to ensure that their particular interests are heard and addressed within the larger political atmosphere of Goldsboro. All these individuals and groups work together to create a better future for everyone living in this great city.
The political climate in Goldsboro, NC is leaning liberal.
Wayne County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Wayne County, NC 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.6%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goldsboro, NC is leaning liberal.
Wayne County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
Goldsboro Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Goldsboro, 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 Goldsboro, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,764 contributions totaling $224,578 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,726 contributions totaling $696,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)