Middlesex, NC with zip code 27557 is a small rural town located in Nash County. The local political environment consists of a Board of Commissioners that oversee the Town’s governmental services and operations. The current Mayor is Ed Cooke who was elected to serve his third term in 2020. In addition to the Mayor, there are four Town Commissioners: Bob Haywood, Gail Hines, Tax Watson, and Ken White. All elected officials serve 4-year terms.
The Board of Commissioners works to provide residents with quality services like police protection, fire protection, water/sewer systems and garbage collection as well as recreational facilities such as parks and community centers. The Town also contributes to local schools through property taxes and other sources of revenue. During election season the Board works hard to be accessible to citizens and listens closely to their views on how best to move Middlesex forward. In general citizens feel that their voices are heard by local politicians and their concerns addressed in a timely fashion.
The political climate in Zip 27557 (Middlesex, NC) is leaning conservative.
Nash County, NC is leaning liberal. In Nash County, NC 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nash county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 49.4%.
Nash county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27557 (Middlesex, NC) is leaning conservative.
Middlesex, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Nash County, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Rocky Mount Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Middlesex, North Carolina: R R r d r d
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 27557 (Middlesex)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $655 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)