The Jacksonville, NC Metro Area is an important part of the state’s political landscape. The area is represented in the North Carolina General Assembly by a combination of two Senate districts and three House districts. Furthermore, the Onslow County Board of Commissioners provides representation for local issues on both the county and state level. In addition to the elected officials, there are numerous committees and commissions dedicated to providing advise about various topics such as public health, economic development, transportation and public education. All of these groups work together to ensure that the Jacksonville metro area is well-represented in Raleigh when it comes to legislation and other matters concerning the region.
The political climate in Jacksonville Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Jacksonville Metro Area 33.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Jacksonville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.6%.
The Jacksonville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jacksonville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Jacksonville, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Jacksonville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,395 contributions totaling $99,389 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,363 contributions totaling $309,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)