Goldsboro, NC 27534 is a small town situated in Wayne County. It is governed by a mayor and city council, who are elected every two years. The current mayor is Chuck Allen, with four council members – Al King, William Goodman Jr., Michael Headen and Darden Lee Brown Jr. Recent political topics in Goldsboro include the need for better economic development for the city, as well as increased funding for public safety and infrastructure improvements. Local residents have also been vocal about the need to preserve green spaces and parks within the area as well as promote sustainability initiatives. The town has recently made some positive progress towards these goals and is working diligently to make sure that Goldsboro maintains its reputation as a desirable place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 27534 (Goldsboro, NC) is leaning conservative.
Wayne County, NC is somewhat conservative. In Wayne County, NC 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, Wayne county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.6%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 27534 (Goldsboro, NC) is leaning conservative.
Goldsboro, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Wayne County, North Carolina is somewhat conservative.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 27534 (Goldsboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 393 contributions totaling $32,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 407 contributions totaling $101,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)