The politics in the Goldsboro, NC Metro Area are centered around the city of Goldsboro itself. The city is represented by two mayors, a mayor and a city manager. The mayors are both elected by a majority vote of the citizens of Goldsboro and serve four-year terms. As part of their duties, the mayors work with local government departments to ensure citizens have access to essential services such as water, sewer, police protection, fire protection and other public works. They also regulate taxes and spending within the city limits. Additionally, they help to make legislative decisions regarding zoning and land use laws for businesses in Goldsboro. The city manager is responsible for managing day-to-day operations such as executing ordinances passed by City Council members. The city is also served by a City Council which consists of nine members who are elected by majority vote every two years; these members create policy recommendations that may be approved or vetoed by the mayor. In addition to local government representation, national representatives from North Carolina’s congressional districts sit in both House and Senate chambers at the state capitol in Raleigh.
The political climate in Goldsboro Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Goldsboro Metro Area 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, the Goldsboro metro area remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.6%.
The Goldsboro metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 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 Goldsboro Metro Area
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)