Salemburg, NC is a small town located in Sampson County. Although Salemburg may be considered small, it still has an active and vibrant political climate. The main form of politics for the town are the local elections. At these elections, residents can cast their votes for candidates who will represent them and their interests in town government. Every two years, citizens of Salemburg have the opportunity to choose between several candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties. These candidates bring with them a variety of ideas about how to make Salemburg a better place to live. Through these local elections, residents get to decide who will become their representatives and which policies they will support. Local politics in Salemburg are also shaped by the state and federal governments; so voters must consider a variety of issues before deciding whom to elect as their representatives.
The political climate in Salemburg, NC is somewhat conservative.
Sampson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Sampson County, NC 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sampson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 38.3%.
Sampson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salemburg, NC is somewhat conservative.
Sampson County, North Carolina 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.
Salemburg, 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 Salemburg, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $152 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)