The small town of Ocean Isle Beach, NC is located in Brunswick County and has a population of 512. It is a peaceful coastal town with an active government that works to ensure the community thrives. The local political candidates help keep the people informed on the upcoming issues and concerns that may arise from time to time. They work hard to make sure residents are provided with quality services such as public safety, education, infrastructure, and economic development. The local politicians strive to create a better environment for everyone living in or visiting Ocean Isle Beach, making it a great place to live.
The political climate in Zip 28469 (Ocean Isle Beach, NC) is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, NC is strongly conservative. In Brunswick County, NC 36.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brunswick county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 36.9%.
Brunswick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28469 (Ocean Isle Beach, NC) is moderately conservative.
Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Brunswick County, North Carolina is strongly conservative.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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.
Ocean Isle Beach, 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 28469 (Ocean Isle Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 841 contributions totaling $31,862 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 194 contributions totaling $32,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)