The politics in 28501 Kinston, NC are quite diverse and vibrant. There is a wide variety of political views represented by the people living here. The city is represented at the federal level by Congressperson G. K. Butterfield, who serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee in the US House of Representatives. At the State level, there are two representatives from Kinston: Rep. Jean Farmer-Butterfield and Sen. John McNeill II. Both representatives represent District 24 in Jones and Lenoir Counties, where Kinston falls within their boundaries. Additionally, there are several local political parties and organizations that promote political activities throughout the area. These groups include the Republican Party of North Carolina, Democratic Party of North Carolina, Libertarian Party of North Carolina, Green Party of North Carolina, and Working America party among others. All these groups strive to make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to deciding important issues in our state and nation as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 28501 (Kinston, NC) is leaning liberal.
Lenoir County, NC is leaning conservative. In Lenoir County, NC 47.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lenoir county remained Republican, 51.4% to 47.9%.
Lenoir county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 28501 (Kinston, NC) is leaning liberal.
Kinston, North Carolina is leaning liberal.
Lenoir County, North Carolina is leaning conservative.
Kinston Metro Area is leaning 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.
Kinston, 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 28501 (Kinston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 297 contributions totaling $35,182 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $20,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)