The politics of 28328 Clinton, NC are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. Clinton has long been a progressive city and its citizens remain committed to issues of social justice, environmentalism, and economic fairness. The area was primarily first settled by Quakers in the 1700s, who brought with them strong ideals around equality and justice for all. These values still remain today in 28328 Clinton, NC. The current mayor is a Democrat who has served since 2014 and is focused on local initiatives such as increasing access to public transportation and promoting economic growth. Local elections typically focus on how candidates will address crime rates, education reform, infrastructure development, healthcare services, and other important municipal needs.
The political climate in Zip 28328 (Clinton, NC) is moderately conservative.
Sampson County, NC is moderately conservative. In Sampson County, NC 38.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sampson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 38.3%.
Sampson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28328 (Clinton, NC) is moderately conservative.
Clinton, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
Sampson County, North Carolina is moderately conservative.
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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.
Clinton, 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 28328 (Clinton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $14,440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $186,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $971 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)