Morehead City, North Carolina is a pleasant coastal town located in Carteret County. It has been an important part of the community since its founding in 1714 and continues to play an influential role in the region’s politics today. The city has a Mayor/Council form of government with four City Council members that serve staggered terms. The Mayor is elected to a two-year term, while the City Council members are all elected to four-year terms. The current Mayor of Morehead City is Jerry Jones, who was recently reelected in 2020 for his fourth term as Mayor. Various local candidates also run for office each year, from both sides of the political spectrum, providing residents with more than one choice when casting their vote. Through fair and open elections, local citizens can make sure their voice is heard when it comes to making decisions about their community's future.
The political climate in Morehead City, NC is moderately conservative.
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
Morehead City, NC is moderately conservative.
Carteret County, North Carolina 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.
Morehead City, 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 Morehead City, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,579 contributions totaling $177,467 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 717 contributions totaling $176,563 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)