Clayton, NC is a small town located in Johnston County and is home to around 16,400 residents. This bustling community is served by an active local government that provides services such as police and fire protection, public works, parks and recreation, housing and urban development, libraries, and more. Local politics here are of great importance to the citizens of Clayton who rely on their elected officials for representation in county matters. The mayor of Clayton is Jody McLeod who was first elected in 2015. He has represented the people of Clayton with honor during his tenure so far, working diligently to improve the quality of life for all residents. In addition, Clayton also has three town commissioners who serve three-year terms. They are responsible for making sure that the budget is responsibly managed while ensuring that all policies and ordinances are followed properly.
The political climate in Zip 27520 (Clayton, NC) is moderately conservative.
Johnston County, NC is strongly conservative. In Johnston County, NC 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 37.0%.
Johnston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27520 (Clayton, NC) is moderately conservative.
Clayton, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Johnston County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Raleigh-Cary Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Clayton, 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 zip 27520 (Clayton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 462 contributions totaling $19,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $22,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)