Wayne County is a small rural county located in North Carolina. It is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners elected by the citizens of the county. The Board meets monthly to discuss and vote on matters that affect the county's budget, taxes, zoning, and other important issues. Wayne County also has an elected Sheriff who oversees law enforcement operations in the area, and an elected Clerk of Court responsible for maintaining records in the county. In addition to these local officials, there are several state representatives from Wayne County who work on behalf of their constituents at the state level. Given its small size and limited resources, Wayne County relies heavily on cooperation between its local political leaders and those of surrounding counties to ensure necessary resources are available and effective in meeting community needs.
The political climate in 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
Wayne County, NC 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.
Wayne, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Wayne County, NC
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 886 contributions totaling $85,529 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 835 contributions totaling $216,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)